Most train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn, which provides long-distance and regional connections while S-Bahn Berlin offers suburban lines.

[5][6] The public clients agreed to pay a fixed price of 285 million euros, although the actual construction cost was well below that number.

Upgrades on the Berlin Dresden railway will enable faster and more frequent FEX, RE and IC service in 2025.

[12] Deutsche Bahn confirmed in August 2011 that multiple daily Intercity-Express and InterCity trains will connect the airport to Bielefeld, Hannover, Hamburg, Dresden and Wolfsburg.

[4] The station is served by the following regular service(s):[14] After upgrades on the Berlin Dresden railway, the airport express (FEX) to Hauptbahnhof is to run via Südkreuz and Potsdamer Platz.