How To Reach Kuala Lumpur From Kolkata

By Air: The most comfortable and quickest way to reach Kuala Lumpur from Kolkata is to travel by air. There are many direct as well as indirect flights from Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata to Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Kuala Lumpur. When one decides to travel from Kolkata to Kuala Lumpur by flight the time taken is 3.55 hours for direct flights while indirect flights can take several more hours. If one is looking for cheap Kolkata to Kuala Lumpur air ticket prices, then booking a flight in advance will be a good idea.

By Rail: Kolkata is one of the major railway centers in Eastern India and has great railway connectivity to major Indian cities. Similarly, Kuala Lumpur also enjoys a great railway network that connects it to other Malaysian cities as well as a few other countries. But there is no way to travel from Kolkata to Kuala Lumpur by train, as there is no direct railway line connecting these two cities. One can take a train up to Hyderabad and take a flight from there to Kuala Lumpur, as the distance from Hyderabad to Kuala Lumpur is shorter by air and as such flight fares are also low.

By Road: The idea of a road trip from Kolkata is certainly possible but is highly inconvenient as one needs to cross multiple international borders. If one indeed prefers traveling by road to Kuala Lumpur from Kolkata, taking a bus is not a feasible option and going by car is a comparatively better choice.  Kolkata is located near the Myanmar border, and the distance between Kolkata to Kuala Lumpur by road is around 7200 km which will take around 6 days of travel time. The route that one will need to take is Kolkata-Patna-Nepal-China-Cambodia-Thailand-Malaysia and must also get visa and travel documents for all the countries lying in between.