The waiting room is open during train service hours.

[3] The Kajaani station trackyard underwent a large amount of upgrade and repair work in 2005, when the railway from Iisalmi to Kontiomäki was electrified.

Also the manual switchboard on the Kajaani station trackyard was dismantled.

Nowadays the traffic is handled remotely from Iisalmi railway station.

The trackyard has a track connection to the Lamminniemi paper factory and towards Petäisenniska.