The station was opened on 18 October 1865 and is located on the Almelo - Salzbergen railway.

The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn with NS International, Bentheimer Eisenbahn and the WestfalenBahn.

From Bad Bentheim, passengers can travel on the international service to Amsterdam.

To the east of the station is a shunting area for the Bentheimer Eisenbahn which is a freight railway to Nordhorn and Coevorden.

call at Bad Bentheim:[6] From December 2010 until December 2013 there was a trial with a Stoptrain service between Hengelo, Oldenzaal and Bad Bentheim, operated by Syntus as the Grensland-Express.