The Vogelsberg Railway was completed on 31 July 1871, so that the cities of Giessen and Fulda were now accessible by rail.

The passenger services towards Niederaula ended in 1974, but freight transport continued on this line between Alsfeld and Eifa until 1988.

In September 2009, the chairman of Deutsche Bahn, Rüdiger Grube, announced that the Vogelsberg Railway would be upgraded at a total cost of €24.6 million from an economic stimulus package.

Since the timetable change 2011/2012 on 11 December 2011, passenger services have been operated by the Hessische Landesbahn GmbH (HLB) with LINT 41 diesel multiple units.

South of the passenger station, there are numerous goods, loading and storage sidings, some of which are still in use.

Since the rebuilding work carried out in the last few years, however, these are exclusively terminal tracks and only accessible from the north.

The station is served daily by hourly Regionalbahn services on the Limburg (Lahn)–Weilburg–Wetzlar–Gießen–Alsfeld–Fulda route.