Purulia railway station is on the Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line.
Most of the long distance trains stop at the railway station like Purushottam Express, Samarsata Express, Guwahati-Chennai Express, Porbandar-Santragachi Express, etc. Purulia is one of the most important transport location. Major cities near Purulia are Ranchi, Bokaro Steel City, Dhanbad, Asansol, Burnpur, Kharagpur, Jamshedpur, Chakradharpur, Kolkata etc. There is a link railway to Kolkata via Bardhaman, Adra, Purulia and Tata. The station is a junction and is about 1.5 km from the town-centre. Rupashi Bangla and Purulia Express are two trains runs between purulia and howrah via Kharagpur.
Purulia is connected to various parts of West Bengal as well as Jharkhand through long distance bus services run by both Government and private operators
