The contact with the Austrian railway system is at the bridge over the Lužnice River, which forms the state border and the ownership between Správa železnic and ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG.

The railway station was built in the town of Gmünd by the private company Kaiser-Franz-Josephs-Bahn (KFJB) on the line connecting Vienna, České Budějovice, Plzeň and Cheb and was opened on 1 November 1869.

Two years later, the KFJB completed the line from Vienna to Prague with a temporary terminus at Čerčany; the first train passed through the station when the section from České Velenice was opened on 3 September 1871.

The rest of the line to Prague was opened on 14 December of the same year after the completion of the railway bridge over the Sázava River.

According to the Munich Agreement, České Velenice fell to Nazi Germany and on 20 November 1938 it was renamed to Gmünd III – Bahnhof.

[1] As the end of World War II approached and German troops retreated, the Allies supported their victorious campaign with massive bombing.

"[3] In 2011, the reconstruction and modernisation of the station was completed; two covered island platforms were refurbished, including the subway.