Before Purwosari Station was used as a stop and terminus for economy- and mixed-class intercity trains in Surakarta, all such types of trains crossing the northern and southern Java lines stopped at this station.

All train journeys are diverted to Purwosari and Solo Balapan stations as the terminus and the train stops in Surakarta are on the southern Java line, while Solo Jebres Station is used as a stop for passenger trains that pass through central Java line, the Gundih-Solo Balapan line or vice versa.

[5] Currently there are some improvement in the station as a part of KAI Commuter Yogyakarta Line eastward extension to Palur in neighboring Karanganyar Regency.

The front view of the station used to be addressed to the Keraton Kasunanan Surakarta.

The art nouveau impression is emphasized on many elements, such as jalousies, ornaments, and trellis in the semicircular ventilation at the departure gate.

[7] This symmetrical station building has a spatial pattern that is arranged linearly from east to west.

During the construction of the double track, a canopy was added and there was an extension or elevation of the platform between lines 1 and 2.