The first passenger train, covering the entire route from Warsaw to Saint Petersburg, arrived in Bialystok in September 1862.

Also in 2008 and 2012, Gazeta Wyborcza gave it top place in the ranking of 23 most significant Polish railway stations in 2008 and 2012.

Very carefully it was necessary to demolish the entresol with an area of about 300 sq m, located in the main hall of the historic station.

The works were carried out in small stages, by cutting off individual elements together with their fragmentation and removal from the object.

[4] The station provides connections to all the major cities of Poland, including Warsaw, Gdańsk, Katowice, Kraków, Łódź Kaliska, Poznań, Wrocław, and Szczecin.