Ranaghat–Kalyani and Ranaghat–Shantipur sections were electrified in the financial year 1963–64. From Ranaghat railway station, trains travel both north and south. Local trains are available to: , Shantipur, Gede, Bangaon, Baharampur and Sealdah. Couple of ladies-special trains were inaugurated in the year 2010. Railway ministry of India are taking steps to make Ranaghat Railway station as a station of national importance. Numerous plans have been considered for the modernization and improvement of the platforms and the surrounding areas. Roadways The town has three bus-stands, one at Rathtala, one near Ranaghat College and one over GNPC Road opposite police phari. CSTC buses plying from Kolkata going to North Bengal also has a stop at Ranaghat on NH-34. Buses ply to Krishnanagar, Hanskhali, Aishmali, Palassey, Bethua and other parts of Nadia district. Long-distance night buses to north Bengal are also available. People in general, though prefer trains because of ready availability and more convenience. SH 11 meets NH 12 at Ranaghat. Auto rickshaw service might be popular in other cities of West Bengal but it is available here. There are very few private cars. Airways Nearest airport from the town being the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport at Dum Dum, almost 65 km from the town. Notable people Joy Goswami, poet of Bengali literature Mausumi Dikpati, scientist at the High Altitude Observatory operated by the National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri, ancestral place for this Indian-Canadian-British director and photographer Rakhee Gulzar, film actress Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyaya, a Bengali author best known for his biography of Rabindranath Tagore Soma Biswas, An internationally recognized athlete Susmita Bose, Indian-American scientist, Herbert and Brita Lindholm endowed Chair Professor, Washington State University Indranil Biswas, India-American Microbiologist. Fulbright Scholar. References External links Ranaghat on Google Maps Ranaghat Sub Division Official HomePage Cities and towns in Nadia district Cities in West Bengal