The second and current station building was designed by Izaak Gosschalk, completed in 1896, and most recently restored in 2000.

Train services started in 1866 and are currently provided by Nederlandse Spoorwegen and Arriva.

Combined with other nearby facilities, there is space for parking over 10,000 bicycles in the station area, as of 2010, with an estimated increase of 500 per year.

[7] [8] The station building was designed by Izaak Gosschalk and combines Neo-Gothic and Neo-Renaissance elements.

[9] From Groningen you can directly travel to places such as: Assen, Zwolle, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Gouda, Rotterdam, The Hague, Amsterdam Airport (Schiphol), Hoogeveen, Leeuwarden, Roodeschool (Eemsahven), Delfzijl, Winschoten, Nieuweschans and Leer (Germany).

The following services operated by the Nederlandse Spoorwegen call at Groningen: On Saturday and Sunday the early train to The Hague is merged with series 2600 (Lelystad Centrum – Vlissingen) to Vlissingen railway station, not calling at The Hague Central Station, continuing to Hollands Spoor instead, thereafter running further to Delft, Rotterdam, Dordrecht, Roosendaal and Vlissingen.

The same happens for the late services on all other days, per hour decreasing in length (starts with Dordrecht, then Rotterdam, Den Haag Hollands Spoor, and lastly Amsterdam Central.