The 1934 railway station is one of Pointe-Noire's signature buildings — a long Art Deco façade with a central clock tower and corner towers, fronted by a wide colonnaded portico. It marks the western terminus of the Congo-Ocean railway, the colossal forced-labour project that finally connected the port to Brazzaville and the interior.
The station building is in poor repair but still hosts the occasional passenger train, when the chronically unreliable line is running. It is worth a slow walk around the exterior; the carved African-themed reliefs above the side entrances are unexpectedly good. The square in front fills up with taxis at any time of day.