Ranchi has trains running to Delhi, Kolkata, Dhanbad, Varanasi, Rourkela, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Kamakhya, Deoghar, Bhagalpur, Jammu, Surat, Eranakulam and Patna.

In November 1907, Ranchi was brought onto India's railway map with the Purulia–Ranchi narrow-gauge line.

Ranchi Junction is located close to the bus terminal and domestic airport providing transport to important destinations of Jharkhand.

The railway medical unit provides health facilities is located near Muri Junction.

Ranchi–New Giridih Intercity Express, the only train running with a Vistadome coach in the state of Jharkhand, terminates at Ranchi.