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This railway does not run in a direct line across India . The distance between Bombay and Calcutta , as the bird flies , is only from one thousand to eleven hundred miles ; but the deflections of the road increase this distance by more than a third . The general route of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway is as follows : Leaving Bombay , it passes through Salcette , crossing to the continent opposite Tannah , goes over the chain of the Western Ghauts , runs thence northeast as far as Burhampoor , skirts the nearly independent territory of Bundelcund , ascends to Allahabad , turns towards the east , meeting the Ganges at Benares , then departs from the river a little , and , descending southeastward by Burdivan and the French town of Chandernagor , ends at Calcutta . The passengers of the Mongolia went ashore at half-past four P.M. . At exactly eight the train would start for Calcutta . Mr. Fogg , after bidding good-by to his whist partners , left the steamer , gave his servant several errands to do , urged it upon him to be at the station promptly at eight , and , with his regular step , which beat to the second , like an astronomical clock , directed his steps to the passport office . As for the wonders of Bombay -- its famous city hall , its splendid library , its forts and docks , its bazaars , mosques , synagogues , its Armenian churches and the noble pagoda on Malabar Hill , with its two polygonal towers -- he cared not a straw to see them .