[1] The current passenger building was built after the destruction of World War II, to a design of Paolo Perilli.

A structure in brick on two levels (of which only the ground floor is accessible to travellers), it consists of three sections joined by a glass wall that provides much of the lighting inside the central hall.

The renovations included the following: restoration and maintenance of buildings, the addition of new businesses dedicated to travelers, the adaptation of plants to legal requirements, removal of architectural barriers, installation of tactile paving for the vision impaired, renovation of public conveniences and the construction of new lifts.

[2] Como San Giovanni is the border station in Italy before trains enter Switzerland at Chiasso.

The station is also a stop on line S11 of the Milan suburban railway network (Milano Porta Garibaldi–Chiasso; hourly).

As of the December 2021 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Como San Giovanni:[3] In front of the passenger building is a small parking lot and a sign indicating the telephone numbers of taxis.

The main destinations of buses are: Cernobbio, Moltrasio, Argegno, Menaggio, Dongo, San Fedele, Lanzo d'Intelvi, Torno, Asso, Bellagio, Palanzano, Cantù and Appiano Gentile.