The Oberamts (the former districts of Baden-Württemberg, that were replaced in 1934 by Landkreise) of Calw and Nagold proposed a railway line from Stuttgart at the Northern Black Forest Festival in 1863.

But overcoming the altitude difference between Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof and the high level of the Filder plain presented a major problem.

After several debates in the Landtag (parliament) in 1865 a small majority of members voted for the route via Leonberg to Calw.

In November 1873, construction commenced and the line from Stuttgart via Herrenberg to Freudenstadt opened on 2 September 1879.

The State Railways decided to move site of the station to the fields west of Böblingen partly to serve a sugar factory on the Unteren See (a lake).

After a planned freight bypass track did not eventuate between Stuttgart West station and Zuffenhausen, the State Railway needed an alternative.

On 1 May 1922 a branch of the Schönbuch Railway was opened to Schönaich from a junction at Schönaicher First (now Böblingen Zimmerschlag) station.

The growing car ownership during the post-war economic boom led to the end of passenger traffic on the branch lines around Böblingen.

This is a multi-storey building, with a facade on its street side that is covered by a relief, which is reminiscent of railway tracks.