The station is located at the Eurasia Square, in the beginning of Bolshaya Dorogomilovskaya Street in Dorogomilovo District of Moscow.

There used to be regular services to Belgrade, Zagreb, Varna, Bucharest, Sofia, Chișinău, Budapest, Prague, Vienna and Venice as well.

Originally named the Bryansk station, it was designed by Ivan Rerberg and Vladimir Shukhov, and is considered an important landmark of architecture and engineering of the time.

[3] The station building is flanked by a gigantic train shed which is distinguished by its simplicity and constructive boldness.

[7] Before 31 July 2024 Aeroexpress direct line was connecting Vnukovo International Airport and Kiyevsky Rail Terminal (operations launched in August 2005).