Golaghat District is well connected by both roads and railways with the rest of the country.

The  major  road  links  to  the  district are NH 37 and NH 39. The NH 37 enters through Golaghat Nagaon border at Bagori and it passes through important places like Kohora,   Kaziranga National  Park,  Bokakhat,  Numaligarh town, Kamargaon, Dergaon before entering Jorhat District at Kakodonga river  bridge. The Golaghat   town,  the District headquarters, is situated on the PWD link road between NH 37 and NH 39. A road link also  exists  from Golaghat town to Wokha district of Nagaland.

In the pre independence era, rail communication used to be the most important mode of   communication,  both for passenger and cargo. Train services are available to Dimapur (Nagaland), Tinsukia, Dibrugarh and  Guwahati. Furkating is the main railway junction in the district. A train service also operates from Golaghat town station to Jorhat District. Important railway stations in the district are Sarupathar, Furkating and Kamarbondha.