Metro
The Kolkata Metro terminates at Dum Dum Station. This is right on the boundary of Dum Dum. From the station the Dum Dum Road leads to areas within Dum Dum and further.
Air
The Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport or Kolkata Airport is located on the peripheries of Dum Dum and therefore, it is also called the Dum Dum Airport. There are flights to all major cities in India. There are also international flights to Dubai, Singapore, Bangkok, New York, Doha, Kuala Lumpur, Kunming, Kathmandu, Dhaka, Chittagong, Yangon, frankfurt, and Paro.
Rail
The Sealdah-Ranaghat Line has a station in Dum Dum. The Railway station and the Metro station is in the same complex. The Circular Railway also terminates at the same station. The other stations in Dum Dum are located at Dum Dum Cantonment and Patipukur (on the Circular Railway line) and Airport Gate No 1 (on the single Airport line). Travel to airport by rail is inconvenient, as there are only a few trains at odd hours.
Road
NH 34 starts from Dalkhola and ends at Dum Dum. Road is one the prime means of transportation in Dum Dum. There are two arterial roads: the Jessore Road and the Dum Dum Road. Buses ply both.
On Dum Dum Road the bus routes are 30B,30B/1, 202, DN9, Airport-Babughat Mini, Howrah-Nagerbazar Mini,dankuni - nagerbazar, Dum Dum Station-Ruby Hospital WBSTC Mini, Dankuni-Saltlake Sector 5 WBSTC Mini. On Jessore road there are more routes: 3C/2, 30, 30C, 30D, 30E, 45, 45A, 45B, 47, 47A, 47B, 79B, 91, 91A, 91B, 93, 211A, 215, 219, 221, 223, 237, DN8, DN18, Central Jail-Heritage WBSTC Mini. The minor roads on which buses ply are R.N. Guha Road (30B/1), Birati-Nimta road
