The station serves trains running on the four lines radiating from Lublin: north-east to Warsaw, north to Łuków, east to Chełm and the border with Ukraine, and south to Przeworsk.

The station building was opened in 1877, together with the Vistula River Railroad, which connected Warsaw with Kovel.

[7] Once the upgrades were completed, the trip time between Lublin and Warsaw has been reduced to under 2 hours as of early 2023, with maximum train speed reaching 160 km/h.

[9] Currently, the Lublin intercity bus terminal is inconveniently located 3 km away from the main railway station, making train-bus transfers difficult.

It is used for sending long-distance trains towards Radom, Warsaw (and beyond e.g. to Wrocław, Gdynia) and Kyiv (via Dorohusk).

Local trains are managed by Polregio under the REGIO (R) brand, while express and fast trains are managed by PKP Intercity under the InterCity (IC) and Twoje Linie Kolejowe (TLK) brands.