Opened in 1856, it forms part of the Turin–Milan railway, and is also a junction for three other lines, to Aosta, Asti and Alessandria.

Chivasso railway station is situated at Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi, at the northern edge of the town centre.

[1] The station was heavily damaged by Allied bombing during World War II.

The station yard now features six tracks plus a bay platform that serves as the terminus of the line to Asti.

The goods yard, on the south side of the line and west of the station, was taken out of service in the second half of the 1990s and upgraded with the construction of a new bus terminal and the new public library.