The first Augsburg station was opened in 1840 by the Munich-Augsburg Railway Company (München-Augsburger Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) near the Rotes Tor (Red Gate).

The central block has a station hall with electronic displays, ticket machines, an information booth and waiting facilities.

In recent years, the food court in particular has been upgraded (completed in 2007) and a new digital display board has been installed in the main hall.

Recently, the south wing was renovated, including the waiting area for travellers, and the hospitality facilities have continued to grow.

It is filled up with supporting struts to avoid a collapse during the drill through of the tunnels.Directly in front of the building there was a large forecourt with a fountain, a parking lot, including a taxi rank, and a bus station for local buses.

[7] From 17 June 2021 until the timetable change in December 2021, the Flixtrain FLX 35N train pair from Munich to Leipzig and back also served Augsburg.

[8][9] Regional-Express or Regionalbahn services operate from Augsburg to Bad Wörishofen, Donauwörth, Füssen, Hergatz, Ingolstadt, Landsberg, Lindau, Munich, Nuremberg, Oberstdorf, Schongau, Treuchtlingen, Ulm and Weilheim.

Since then class 440 (Alstom Coradia Continental) EMUs of the so-called Fugger-Express operate S-Bahn-density regional services between Augsburg and Munich.