The station is currently owned by Železnice Slovenskej republiky (ŽSR); train services are operated by Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko (ZSSK).

Čadca railway station is situated on Staničná street, a short distance to the north of, and across the river from, the town centre.

The station was opened on 8 January 1871, upon the inauguration of the Český Těšín–Žilina section of the Košice–Bohumín Railway.

Due to its original architecture, the station building has been nicknamed Chata ("the chalet") by locals.

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