Bally is well connected by road and rail. Three major railway lines connect Bally, the Howrah-Barddhaman Main Line, the Howrah-Barddhaman Chord Line and the Sealdah-Dankuni Line. As well as this there is the Five Railway Station's (Ballyghat, Ballyhalt, Bally, Rajchandrapur, Bally Main & Belanagar)(also known as the Calcutta Chord Rail). The historically famed and the nation's prime road artery, the Grand Trunk Road (NH1) also passes through Bally. The town is connected with the northern bank of the Ganges by the Vivekananda Setu (formerly named Bally Bridge) and the Second Vivekananda Bridge has been opened and has been named as Sister Nivedita Bridge. Central Kolkata is 10 km from Bally. Bally has a ferry pier - Bally Ghat. Bally is a suburb of Kolkata. A large part of its population goes to Kolkata for work. Most probably a Paper making mill or factory was started here and the reference of paper made in Bally was mentioned in literature of early period of 19th century
