It has been an industrial freight station linking factories including a granary, a cotton depot, a thermal power plant, and the China National Railway Track Test Center (famous for the loop track).

The Beijing Chaoyang railway station has seven platforms and 15 lines (excluding two freight lines outside the station building) for a building area of 183,000 square metres (1,970,000 sq ft) after renovation.

The architectural design theme shows the vitality of the city, satisfying the general requirements of becoming an integrated, green, warm, economic, and convenient transportation hub.

The glass curtain wall on the north side of the building not only broadens the view and for day lighting, but also hints at the direction of Shenyang, the other end of the line.

There are 2 one-way exits to the national railway station at the east of the Chaoyang Railway Station Transport Hub, 1 subway entrance at the west of the hub, and 1 entrance and exit to the online car-hailing pick-up point and the taxi dispatch station on the basement floor at the north of the hub, all of which are not numbered.