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I don't understand the use of と in the following sentence.
人々が家路へと急ぐごろ
I don't understand why と is used at all, since the particle へ is already used in the sentence.
Right now I have only seen と been used as a particle indicating "and" or as a quoting particle. Is there another way this particle can be used?
(First, it should be （急ぐ）ころ, not ごろ.)
Since that と doesn't follow a noun, it can't be a case particle, which means "and". So, it's a quoting particle. The difference (if any) between the ones with and without it is like below.
Sense of "quote" as in quoting particle と is much broader than what it generally means in English.
