The station serves an average daily footfall of approximately 5,000 passengers, which increases to around 10,000 during the summer months due to heightened travel demand.

Domestically, the station serves key cities across Kazakhstan, including Astana (the capital), Shymkent, Petropavl, Atyrau, Jezkazgan, Mangystau (Mangyshlak), and Oral.

During the initial years of constructing the railway station, the site was located on the Turksib Krasnogvardeysky tract, on the grounds of a former furniture factory.

However, following a proposal by the engineer Mukhamedzhan Tynyshpaev, the project was relocated to Starokladbischenskaya Street (now Abylai Khan Avenue), the site of an old cemetery.

Suburban commuter train (elektrichka) connects Almaty 2 with the towns of Boralday, Aqsengir, Chemolgan, Shyngyldy and Uzynagash.