Two plaques on the building commemorate the 100th and 125th anniversary of the opening of the station on September 7, 1870.

[1] The Cluj-Napoca railway station was designed and built by Hungarian architect Ferenc Pfaff,[2] when the city was part of Kingdom of Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The station is situated on the Căile Ferate Române line 300 Bucharest–Ploiești–Brașov–Teiuș–Cluj-Napoca–Oradea–Episcopia Bihor and the line Cluj-Napoca–Dej–Ilva Mică.

As of 2008[update], Cluj-Napoca railway station serves about 100 passenger trains, including domestic trains operated by Căile Ferate Române.

Cluj-Napoca offers connections with the majority of Romanian cities, as well as service to Budapest, Hungary and Vienna, Austria.