The station was opened along with the Poltava — Kremenchuk Line on 1 August 1870, and currently houses 3 maintenance depots, as well as a number of technical and administrative facilities.

[1] During the second half of the 19th century, the Russian Empire saw an intensive construction of new railway lines connecting the central provinces with sea ports.

In 1864, the government decided to build the Kharkov-Nikolaev railway [ru], connecting the ports of Odesa, Mykolaiv and Kherson with Kharkiv via Kremenchuk and Poltava.

In 1880, the first permanent building of the station was built in the neoclassical style with elements of decorative wooden carvings on the facade.

[6] During the World War Two, the station was completely destroyed, with only one wall from the side of the railway tracks remaining.

The modern building of the railway station was built in 1947, according to the project by the architect Yevhenii Lymar.