It is the eastern terminus of the Sudbury – White River train.

Located in downtown Sudbury, this historic Romanesque station built in 1907 by Canadian Pacific Railway, is one of the two VIA Rail stations in Sudbury, the other being Sudbury Junction station (serving The Canadian train) which is located 10 km away on the outskirts of the city.

Its main entrance faces northeast to Elgin Street.

Directly southwest of the station building, trains call at a low level platform adjacent to the Canadian Pacific Railway Cartier Subdivision and bordering on the Sudbury Marshalling Yard.

North of the station and across Elgin street is the Sudbury Community Arena.