The work on the Arzamas — Romodanovo section was coordinated by engineer G. Buganov, but that target dates for opening railway to traffic had been repeatedly missed.

[citation needed] In 1902 the society of the Moscow-Kazan Railway presented a project of a line from Lyubertsy to Shikhrany (now Kanash) via Murom, Arzamas and Sergach with a length of 602 versts (641 km).

In 1903 the road project was finally approved, but with the beginning of the Russo-Japanese war the construction was suspended.

[3] In 1918 the Arzamas-Kanash line put into operation, providing the shortest connection between Moscow and Kazan.

179 of 3 September 1996 the station building is nominated to the register of objects of cultural heritage of the Russian Federation.

The most common destinations are: Kirov, Adler, Anapa, Samara, Saint Petersburg, Ufa, Moscow, Vorkuta.