Chita railway station is the main reason most foreign visitors set foot in the city at all — it is a stop on the Trans-Siberian Railway, the world's longest railway line, and passengers bound between Moscow and Vladivostok typically have a layover or a long stop here. The station building itself is a fine piece of Soviet-era architecture, and the platform offers the usual Trans-Siberian experience of vendors selling food through the windows in the brief minutes before the train departs.
For those actually spending time in Chita, the station area is well connected to the city centre by tram and minibus (marshrutka). The city's main sights are about 2 km from the station, manageable on foot in good weather. The station has luggage storage and a reasonable waiting room — useful if you arrive on the early train and need somewhere to leave bags before your hotel room is ready.