Through the oblast run railways connecting the central regions of Russia with the Urals, Siberia and the Far East. The railroads also tie the northern and the southern regions of Russia. The total length of the railways going through the oblast is 2.8 thousand kilometers.

The length of the navigable waterways along the river of Vyatka and its tributaries exceeds 2000 kilometers.

The hard-surface roads connect the Kirov oblast to the center of Russia, the neighboring republics and oblasts.

The transportation network in the Kirov oblast is composed of the following modes of transport: railway transport, internal waterways transport, motor transport, air transport.

The oblast's freight rolling-stock is made up of 59.6 thousand trucks, 90 river vessels.