The railway station of Nova Gorica is located at the eastern end of the square, on the Slovenian side.
From 1947 (Treaty of Paris) an international border between Italy and Yugoslavia (Slovenia since 1991) crosses the square.
The square, in which is located Nova Gorica station, until 1947 Gorizia Montesanto,[3] was named after the Transalpine Railway,[1][2] Jesenice-Trieste.
On the Slovenian side the square is crossed, parallel to the station building, by a road named "Kolodvorska pot".
The partly parallel Italian road is "Via Ugo Foscolo", that continues as "Via Caterina Percoto".