The first lap was a 185 km journey along the Eastern Bengal State Railway from Calcutta Station (now Sealdah) to Damookdeah Ghat on the southern bank of the Padma River, then across the river in a ferry and the second lap of the journey.

A 336 km metre gauge line of the North Bengal Railway linked Saraghat on the northern bank of the Padma to Siliguri.

In front of the main entrance of the station there is a large parking lot for cars and other vehicles.

[9][10] "Banalata Express", which is first ever non-stop train service on Dhaka-Rajshahi route connects this station with Dhaka and Chapainawabganj.

Apart from this, local trains of several routes including Ishwardi, Chapainawabganj also run regularly from this station.

[13] International freight trains passes through this station before/after transit between Rohanpur and Singhabad.

International passenger train service from Rajshahi to Kolkata is expected to be inaugurated.