The main mode of public transport is the cycle rickshaw. Among personal transport, people use bicycles and other two-wheelers. Use of four-wheelers are also catching up slowly.
The town is very well connected to neighbouring Siliguri (45 km away), and Kolkata by bus. Bus services to all neighbouring towns and districts are good.
Jalpaiguri lies in the Northeast Frontier Railway zone of the Indian Railways. There are Railway links to the rest of the country directly and via Kolkata as well. The major railway junction of New Jalpaiguri (Code:NJP) is just 40 km from the town. The other stations servicing the town directly are Jalpaiguri Road (Code:JPE) and Jalpaiguri (Code:JPG).
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