By Rail
Ranchi is connected by rail to important places all over the country. Hatia is a station next to Ranchi and serves as terminus for many of the trains. Given below are some of the convenient trains. The first number is for the train from Ranchi and second for the train to Ranchi.
Daily trains: 8616/8615 Hatia Howrah Express, 8624/8623 Hatia Patna Express, 8622/8621 Hatia Patna Pataliputra Express, 8611/8612 Ranchi Garhwa Banaras Inter-City Express, 3352/3351 Dhanbad Bokaro Allepy Express, 8601/8602 Hatia Jammu Tawi Express, 5027/5028 Hatia Gorakhpur Mayurya Express, 8451/8452 Hatia Puri Tapaswini Express, 8608/8607 Ranchi Baidyanathdham Express.
Other trains: 2020/2019 Ranchi Howrah Shatabdi Express no train on Sunday, 3304/3303 Hatia Dhanbad Inter-City Express no train on Sunday, 2439/2440 Ranchi New Delhi Rajdhani Express biweekly, 8603/8604 Hatia Delhi Jharkhand Swarna Jayanti Express via Barkakhana triweekly, 8605/8606 Hatia Delhi Jharkhand Swarna Jayanti Express via Gomoh triweekly, 8609/8610 Ranchi Lokmanya Tilak Express weekly, 2812/2811 Hatia Lokmanya Tilak Express weekly, 2835/2836 Hatia Yeshwantpur Express bi-weekly, 3403/3404 Ranchi Bhagalpur Vananchal Express via Andal triweekly , 3405/3406 Ranchi Bhagalpur Vananchal Express biweekly, 5661/5662 Ranchi Kamakhya Guwahati Express biweekly.
By road
Ranchi is well connected by a network of roads with all the neighbouring cities and towns. The distance to some important locations are as follows: Bokaro 110 km, Dhanbad 170 km, Jamshedpur 140 km, Chaibasa 130 km, Hazaribagh 100 km, Gaya 220 km, Patna 340 km, Barhi on NH 2 Grand Trunk Road 136 km, Rourkela 250 km, Kolkata 415 km. Bus connections are available for almost all cities and towns in the area.
You can travel to Simdega, Chaibasa, Jamudag, Lohardaga and other places using Lily Travels Delux bus service from Ranchi City.