A monument to Alibi Zhangildinu, a politician and military leader who helped to establish Soviet control in Kazakhstan, stands outside the station.

However, it would create a strong industrial hub in the heart of the city, consequently, it would require the demolition of an entire residential neighborhood.

Eventually, Almaty city officials found an architect who proposed a plan for a new Almaty-1 station that would take into account the seismic issues and would increase the strength of the building.

This plan was opposed by officials of the USSR State Committee in Moscow, however, who were concerned by the budget for such an expensive project, and the cost of the materials required.

The terminal building was dedicated on May 20, 1975, when Mustafa Kazybekova, representing the construction company Kazahtransstroy, handed over a symbolic key to the new station's first chief, Rysty Kasenova.

The service area includes lockers for hand luggage, rooms for mothers and children, long-term rest rooms for transit passengers, a service center, mini markets, food outlets, trade booths, hairdressing salons, toilets.

For passengers with disabilities, the project provides information devices, sanitary and hygienic facilities for people with limited mobility, a waiting room, a ticket office, elevators, tactile media.