four p.m.
But the railroad does not cut the peninsula in a direct line . As the crow flies , the distance from Calcutta to Bombay is only about eleven hundred miles , and the trains would not occupy three days in accomplishing that distance ; but the journey is lengthened at least one-third of that distance by the loop the line describes up to Allahabad . The Great Indian Peninsula Railway line is as follows : leaving Bombay Island , it crosses Salsette , reaches the mainland at Tannah , crosses the Western Ghauts , thence runs north-east to Burhampoor , skirts the independent territory of Bundelcund , ascends to Allahabad , and then , turning eastward , meets the Ganges at Benares ; then , quitting it again , the line descends in a south-easterly direction , by Burdivan and Chandernagore , to the terminal station at Calcutta . It was half-past four p.m. when the Bombay passengers landed from the _ Mongolia _ , and the train for Calcutta was timed to start at eight o'clock . Mr. Fogg took leave of his colleagues of the whist-table , and going ashore , gave his servant orders concerning a few necessary purchases , enjoining him to be at the railroad station before eight o'clock , and then , at his own regular pace , he started for the Consul 's office . He saw nothing of the sights of Bombay -- the town-hall , the magnificent library , the forts , the docks , the cotton market , the bazaars , mosques , & c. , were all disregarded . Elephanta was ignored , and the grottos of Salsette unexplored by Phileas Fogg .