It is located at the junction of an international corridor leading from Prague south to Linz in Austria with several domestic lines.

The Neo-Renaissance station building, completed in 1908, is located on Nádražní street, a short walk east of the old town.

At the beginning of the 20th century, as the railways continued to grow, a much larger station was constructed on the same tracks a short distance north of the old one.

The station building was designed by Gustav Kulhavý in Neo-Renaissance style and constructed by J. M. Kohler & son.

[2] In 2016, the station was acquired by the Railway Infrastructure Administration Company (Cz: Správa železniční dopravní cesty, or SŽDC), who plan to renovate the station at a cost of approximately 150 million Czech koruna, with work beginning in 2018.