The station is a 20-minute walk (approximately 1.5 kilometres (0.9 mi)) or 10-minute bus ride from Arena di Verona.

The station was opened in 1852 by the Austrian Empire's Südbahn and, after its transfer to Italy, has substantially been rebuilt between 1910 and 1922.

At that time, Verona, called Bern-im-Wälsch, was one of the Austrian Empire's main military strongholds with a capacity of 120,000 troops.

Architects initially envisaged the station comprising six platforms with additional tracks for the storage of rolling stock and for freight train operations.

Work on reconstructing the new station building, designed by the architect Dini, began in 1910 and was almost complete in 1913, albeit in a preliminary form.

The central section would host the ticket office and luggage facility; there would be a waiting room on the left was and a buffet the right.

By early 1915, the new freight facilities were already in operation, including the commissioning of a large goods yard and locomotive depot.

Many types of marble from Verona were used, covering an area of 4,000 m2 (43,000 sq ft); the floors were laid out with mosaics composed of ceramic tiles and the furniture was installed that was designed to harmonise with the building.

The current station building, however, does not include any elements of historical and architectural heritage.

[7] In April 2014, the information boards (train departures and arrivals) at the station's main ticket hall were upgraded from analog to digital display.

The bus station area was reorganised for the winter bus timetable from 14 September 2015 onwards: the western area became an outdoor garden at ground level, a short-stay car park and underground parking spaces.

The urban (city) and extraurban (suburban and intercity) bus stops were extended westwards and rearranged to bring some routes closer to the main area.

[8] Verona Porta Nuova is used by about 68,000 passengers each day and a total of 25 million annually.