Brest railway station was opened on May 28, 1886. The first version of the station was similar, according to contemporaries, the medieval castle with four towers, which were hidden inside water towers.

Brest historically stood at the intersection of water and land roads. With the opening of the railway communication in the Russian Empire, it was decided to make Brest station gateway to Europe and to build it so that the front of the foreigners were not ashamed.

Builders have tried to glory. Preserved rave reviews about how the station was beautifully illuminated by electric lights (it was a sign of progress) and heated by steam heating. At the opening of the Brest Station attended the Emperor Alexander III.

Brest railway station was built "for growth." The area of ​​the building was about 4 thousand square meters, which is the opening of the station was too big. However, by the beginning of XX century train service to the six directions: Wlodawa, High-Litovsk, Bryansk, Kiev, Moscow and Warsaw.

During the First World War, the station building was completely destroyed by the retreating army. However, for the time when Brest belonged to Poland (1919-39 years) station has been completely restored. There was also rebuilt facade of the building in a mixture of styles of classicism and baroque.

In the early days of the Great Patriotic War in the building of the station it was organized by the defense. After the war, the station became a border station of the Soviet Union. The building was decided to reconstruct and build a tall spire, which gave him a resemblance to the University of Moscow. On the spire have set up exactly the same star as the Moscow State University. Spire height of 41 meter. Station stoned marble of the most famous deposits of the country, and he became a kind of "museum of marble."

Another reconstruction of the station held recently. Now Brest station again meets the latest technological advances and international class comfort.