It was the terminus on the line from Vienna to Brno, one of the branches of Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway.

As soon as the traffic at the railway station, which was occupied by two competing companies, started to grow, some space limitation caused by bevelled shape between two segments of a polygonal principle Brno Ringstrasse.

[clarification needed] At the turn of the 19th to 20th centuries the side wings of individual companies were connected with a single Concourse (entrance hall), which served to both of them.

Railway station was partially and surfacing (visual only) modernized in 1947 by architect Bohuslav Fuchs, the last time in 1988.

Most trains travel via Česká Třebová and the Svitava valley, the route numbered 260 in the Czech timetable.

Brno station is approaching at full capacity and therefore in need of expansion, however its location on the edge of the historic center of the city prevents that.

In 1970 railway station was relieved from freight transport which was transferred to the modernized track on the South.

Nowadays citizens have initiated a new referendum, which was held simultaneously with regional and senate election[1] on the 7 and 8 October 2016.