Originally called Saratovsky Railway Station, it was renamed after the settlement of Pavelets, when the railroad heading southeast from Moscow reached that point in 1899.

From Paveletsky station, suburban electric trains depart towards Kashira, Ozherelye, and Uzunovo.

The major directions of long-distance trains are Almaty, Astrakhan, Baku, Balakovo, Balashov, Lipetsk, Saratov, Tambov, Volgograd, Voronezh, and Yelets.

A new station was designed by architect Alexander Krasovsky and built according to the architectural canons of the time: it was a symmetric building with a heightened center, large windows, and wide and comfortable doorways.

There were entrances, a vestibule, luggage space, public waiting rooms, booking-offices, a telegraph, a pharmacy, and a bar at the front.

The railway station was very comfortable for its time—it had original heating services and a smart amphora turret used as a flagstaff—and was efficiently located.

Architects A. Gurkov, S. Kuznetsova, and A. Vorontsov solved the complicated constructive problem, keeping the old station's style.

[2] Suburban commuter trains (elektrichka) connect Paveletsky station with stations and platforms of the Paveletsky suburban railway line, in particular, with the towns of Vidnoye (Rastorguyevo railway platform), Domodedovo, Stupino, Kashira, and Ozherelye, as well as with the Domodedovo Airport.