The first mention of "... about the opening of the right traffic on the Landvarovo-Romny railway section from Bobruisk to Gomel with a length of 141.81 versts of freight trains from November 16, 1873, and passenger trains from November 17, 1873" is contained in Notice No. 320 of November 20, 1873 years of Senator Selifontov to the Minister of War with mailing copies of this document to the Minister of Internal Affairs and the Minister of Finance. November 17, 1873 the movement of passenger trains was opened on the site of the Landvaro-Romenskaya railway. From this date, construction began on the 1st class passenger station. Gomel station, like many other Belarusian stations, went through different times. Over the years of its existence, the station of the Gomel station was damaged three times, the last time during the Great Patriotic War. In 1946, the station building was restored and reconstructed. In 1948, the current building of the long-distance train station, designed for 700 passengers, was almost re-built on the site of a former one-story building built in 1890. In 1949, a building was erected near the station for passengers of suburban traffic, the reception and delivery of cargo and luggage. There were suburban cash desks and hand luggage lockers. The station of Gomel station in 1970 was allocated as an independent unit with a staff of 235 people. In 1995, the passenger building of the railway station was overhauled, and in 1996 a new building of the suburban railway station was commissioned (project Kievgiprotrans, chief architect Goer L.I.). On December 20, 2002, a new underground passage was put into operation; July 27, 2003, the reconstruction of the old tunnel was carried out. The cover of passenger platforms has been replaced. Today, the station of the Gomel station is a beautiful, modern, technically equipped complex for passenger service. Currently, Gomel residents and guests of the city are provided with 16 ticket offices equipped with Express-2 automated control system terminals, suburban ticket offices that issue travel documents using ticket printing machines, luggage and luggage rooms, long-stay passenger rooms, and modern information and information center equipment. On April 18, 2008 in Gomel, the monument "Suitcase mood" was unveiled, which is a puny physique of a peasant sitting on a huge suitcase. The monument is made of bronze. The initiator of the monument was the administration of the Gomel railway station. The order was executed by the sculptor Vyacheslav Dolgov. This is the first thing that everyone who comes to the city over Sozh and leaves it now sees it. Such a peculiar bronze “business card”, the Gomel residents strove to say: good travelers are always welcome here. Judging by the rubbed parts at the monument, then most likely in the city there was a legend about good luck in travel. People rub their nose at the monument and shake hands so that there are no surprises and misfortunes in the journey. It seems that the nose at the monument will now always sparkle.