The station is a large, modern, wheelchair accessible building on the south end of the city centre, and connects to local public transit bus services.

The station continued to serve the London area for the Grand Trunk Railway after the two companies amalgamated in 1882.

[2] The original building survived until 1935 when it was torn down to make way for a new station built by the Canadian National Railway.

[5] The latter building, an International-style structure was closed in 2000 as CN staff dwindled and was imploded at 9:15 a.m., on February 4, 2001.

The International Limited was operated jointly by Via Rail and Amtrak between Chicago and Toronto.