Dankuni has grown into an important intercity railway station serving the Kolkata metropolitan region.

The Howrah–Bardhaman chord, a shorter link to Bardhaman from Howrah than the Howrah–Bardhaman main line, was constructed in 1917.

[8] Trial production has started in the Diesel Component Factory at Dankuni.

84.21 crores, it was inaugurated by Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal on 28 May 2012.

[11][12] The 1839 km long eastern dedicated freight corridor has been proposed from Dankuni to Ludhiana, in Punjab.