Rail
It is the busiest junction station in South Eastern Railway Zone after Howrah. Hence, it is often termed as Gateway to South Eastern Railway. Everyday approximately 275 trains pass through this station which includes frieght. So, in a bid to decongest Kharagpur station and speed up locomotives, South Eastern Railway has decided to develop Hijli (where IIT is located) as an alternative station for Kharagpur. In future, trains coming from Balasore side and going towards Adra or Tatanagar will stop at Hijli and bypass Kharagpur. The Howrah-Kharagpur section has been identified as one of the high density Automatic Block Section routes on Indian Railways. Thus plans are to deploy TPWS (Train Protection and Warning System) on this section to mitigate the risk of Signal Passing At Danger (SPAD) by train drivers leading to accidents. It has also been identified as one of Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFC) - on the East-West (Howrah-Mumbai), on the East-Coast (Kharagpur-Vijayawada). These routes would be operational well before 2020. This would create adequate capacity to meet the freight demand and also elevate the quality of service to global standards. Kharagpur has more stations in it like "Giri Maidan", "Hijli", "Nimpura" and "Kalaikunda".
Road
Kharagpur also well connected with various places by road. There are many buses going to different places from Kharagpur Central Bustand situated beside Kharagpur Railway station. Different routes are Kharagpur-Jhargram, Kharagpur-Digha, Kharagpur-Tata, Kharagpur-Dhumsai, Kharagpur-Gopiballavpur, Kharagpur-Kolkata, Kharagpur-Haldia, Kharagpur-Siliguri, Kharagpur-Bankura, Kharagpur-Asansol,Kharagpur-Durgapur, Kharagpur-Baripada, Kharagpur-Keshiyari,Kharagpur-Rohini, Kharagpur-Tarakeswar (via Kamarpukur and Arambagh), etc. Many local mini buses provide service between
