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The original dispatcher's building originates in 1845. In the 70's of the 19th century, first, a symetrical extension occured and then, in 1895, a new storey-building was attached to the existing dispatcher's building (which was also rebuilt). Along with a new object in which the toilets were situated, an architectonic and urban complex in the Neo-Baroque style was created as a part of the so-called Ferdinand's northern railway from Vienna to Cracow.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the terminal of two short lines (Svinov - Klimkovice; Svinov
- Vřesina - Kyjovice) and a tram (Svinov - Ostrava) should have been in front of the railway station since the beginning of the 20th century. In the 50's, the construction of Poruba started, and, in the 70's, a new road from Ostrava to Poruba was built, including a body of trams around 320 meters far from the railway station, and which is about 11 meters above the ground, on the so-called Svinovské mosty and the short lines (which should have been nearby the station) were cancelled. At that time, the construction of the new dispatcher's building should have taken place. It was connected to the main building with a so-called "Plato" (a transit building) in which mobile walkways would be placed. This plan was not realized.
During the 20th century, a lot of minor adjustments on the dispatcher's building were performed. The largest changes were made during the 70's and 80's. In these years, all the architectonic elements were taken down, the bolsters and bosses cut off and the double windows with arched header joints replaced with type ones.
The station building was situated in the street which ended at the tap line of the so-called "Mannesmanka". Due to the demolition of a few useless objects, a huge space arose in front of the building. Bus service was put on into that space and, therefore, the impact of the cancellation of the short lines as well as the shunt of the trams to the so-called "Svinovské mosty" from the 70's of the 20th century were moderated. A new brick object of the traffic enterprises, including a city-news center on the ground floor, was built in front of the dwelling-house in the northern part of the space.
The historical station building is reconstructed into its original form not only on the facades but also the spaces which share their original filling. The basements, destroyed during the floods in 1997, serves again as the kitchen of the station restaurant. With regard to the descents of the terrain, the former first platform is by ca 1 meter lower than the first track and is used as an external waiting room and, therefore, supplied for this purpose. Restored on the facades were all the architectonic elements, sandstone sills, and the double wooden windows are copies of the original ones, including the wooden case and lining. In the inner spaces, parts of the stuke ornamentation were mended and complemented. The original paving came down only on the service staircase into the administrative floor and it was preserved. The rest of the paving is new and ceramic. On the roof of the building, there are refurbished hedges and laid shaly docking and newly masoned chimney bodies. At the first and "Opava" platforms, the cast iron columns made one hundred years ago in Třinec are reconditioned. The covering of the "Opava" platform was rebuilt according to its original looking. Within the framework of the second corridor, subways with entrance glazed objects are newly created.
With regard to the need of the creation of areas for the entrance hall and the Czech Railways centre, a glazed entrance hall was built in front of the historical building. It is made mainly of glass, as well as is the covering for the bus stations in front of the building and the entrances into the building itself. The transparent object of the addition enables view to the historical building both from the interior of the entrance hall and the area in front of the railway station so that the addition hides and reveals the historical building in parallel. (The fact that the technical object was built in front of the historical building portrays the historical industrial architecture, as it is to be found in the Ostrava region. In these older objects, there was a lack of space for new technologies; therefore, new objects are built in front of these buildings and create an integral part of them.)
The historical building is reconstructed according to its original form (all the outbuildings and additional walling were cleared off). The historical object is in brickwork with plastering. New constructions placed there are from a different material - glass, metal, and stone and therefore, the original (of refurbished) constructions and the new ones are to be clearly distinguished.
Steel-concrete, thin pillars with a slung span imposition crack up the thin, steel-concrete roof with fixed rods, which are fastened with splint at their ends. These steel rods fix the glass facades. The roof board contains glassed-in inlets, over which the luminaries (to illuminate the hall) are placed These are framed so that the luminaries are not visible from the space in front of the station and, therefore, would not keep from the look at the enlightened façade of the historical building. The overhanging edge of the roof enables the passive heating of the space by sun during the winter period and, in summer, it prevents from overheating. There are fountains in front of the building, which (apart from its aesthetic value) have also the function of air-conditioning.
Cooling elements: In summer, the water surface cools down and moistens the air which goes through the electronically controlled flaps, rises up and moistens the space of the hall. It leaves the room under the roof through the flaps. To strengthen the effect, it is possible to use the five mechanic doors for the entrance into the building (and leave them in the open position). A third element lies in the conditioning units with heating pumps, whose coolness is carried into the hall.
Warming elements: In the winter period, the flaps are closed and, under the floor in the hall, there is a piping of the floor heating; the entrances have thermal blinds and the jets carry the warm air into the hall.
On the three facades over the entrances into the hall, there are clocks as a significant component of the building.
In front of the new object, a new front-space is created (Dr. Braun's Square) with the bus stops. The space is enclosed by the standing objects (brick-house in the southern part and the object of Police in its western part) and in the northern part, there is a new object with a brick-façade in which the residence of the Dopravní podnik of Ostrava and The City-news Centre of the town of Ostrava is settled.