The station was modelled by architect Alexander Krakau after Gare de l'Est in Paris.

The station retains a glass roof over the terminal platforms and is flanked by two-storey wings.

The left one used to be reserved for members of the Russian royalty who went to their palaces in Strelna, Peterhof, Oranienbaum.

A glass panel on the façade still features the original clock, designed by Pavel Bure, a celebrated watchmaker to the tsar and the ice-hockey player’s ancestor.

In 2009, the DT1 multiple unit hybrid train departed for its inaugural trip from this station.