Pleinfeld has a railway station at the Nuremberg–Augsburg railway and the Pleinfeld-Gunzenhausen railway, which is served every 30 minutes on weekdays. By the Bundesstraße 2 and its three junctions as well as the nearby Bundesstraße 13 it is well connected to Nuremberg, Augsburg, Ingolstadt and Ansbach. The town is served by several local buses.
