Siliguri
Description
Siliguri ) is a city which spans across the Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts in the Indian state of West Bengal. The city is located on the banks of the Mahananda River and the foothills of the Himalayas.
Transport
Rail
There are three railway stations serving the town, Siliguri Town railway station, Siliguri Junction railway station and New Jalpaiguri railway station. New Jalpaiguri railway station, also known as NJP, was opened in 1964 as a greenfield project. It was named New Jalpaiguri as it is located in the Jalpaiguri District. It is located 35 km away from the city. This station connects both the twin cities of Jalpaiguri City and Siliguri to the rest of the country by railway. The Darjeeling Himalayan Toy Train is the main attraction of this station. The station is the largest railway station in the north-east and was awarded as the cleanest railway of India in 2011
Air
Bagdogra Airport is about 16 km (9.9 mi) west of Siliguri The local airport of Jalpaiguri which is about 7 kilometres away from the city proper at Shobhabari has modern passenger facilities, however no airlines operate from this airport at the moment.
Another nearby airport is the Bagdogra Airport, situated about 48 km away from the city centre which is the only functioning airport in the region. This airport is connected to Bangalore, Chandigarh, New Delhi, Kolkata, Guwahati, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangkok, Kathmandu and Paro.