Bagodar on National Highway 19 (old numbering NH 2) / Grand Trunk Road is 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) and Hazaribagh is 64 kilometres (40 mi) from Hazaribagh Road.

With the extension of railways to Barakar in 1856, that town became the railhead for the vast hinterland that lay beyond it.

Giridih served as the railhead for Hazaribagh and other places in the area till the Grand Chord line was laid.

Hazaribagh Road station, along with the Grand Chord, was opened in February 1907 (1906 according to some railway related sources).

Hazaribagh Road was, however, the station ordinarily used, as it was considerably nearer to Kolkata.