Jessore Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

From Dhaka, buses for Jessore leave from Gabtali bus station.

Buses leave for Dhaka (ordinary/air-con coach Tk 230/325, seven to 10 hours, 6am to 10.30pm). There are also super deluxe coaches (whatever that might be) for Tk 475 from the main bus station. Several companies have offices around the main bus station.

There are buses for Benapole (Tk 30, 1½ hours, periodically from 6am), also from the main bus station, and if you’re headed to Kolkata count on about six hours for the entire trip.

There are also buses to Khulna (Tk 50, 1½ hours), Bogra (Tk 220, eight hours), Kushtia (Tk 100, three hours) and a hundred other places.

Train

The train station (5019; Rail Rd) is 2km south of the central area. There’s an express to Rajshahi (1st/sulob class Tk 215/75, daily at 7.59am).

It’s simpler to travel by bus on the short journey to Khulna, although there is an intercity (IC) train (1st/sulob class Tk 85/35, 1½ hours, daily at 12.30pm).

There is also a daily train to Benapole (Tk 20, 8.50am).

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Air

The airport is around 6km and a Tk 100 rickshaw ride west of the city centre.

GMG Airlines (73280; RS Tower) flies from Jessore to Dhaka (Tk 2770, 40 minutes) daily at 8.50am and 5.25pm (Saturday 3.55pm). United Airways (171 3398783; at the airport) has flights to Dhaka (Tk 2645) every day ­except Friday.

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