It primarily operates as a transfer station for traffic to and from Wismar, Grevesmühlen / Lübeck, Schwerin and Bützow / Güstrow / Rostock.

During the rebuilding, island platforms were built on either side of the station building, which are reached by a tunnel.

On 3 April 1975, the 300th relay interlocking in East Germany was put into operation in the station.

The electrification of the Magdeburg region mainly served the export of potash through the port of Wismar.

The station is famous for the occasion in 1993 when the police tried to arrest Red Army Faction members Birgit Hogefeld and Wolfgang Grams.

Since the timetable change in December 2008, nearly all intercity trains no longer stop at Bad Kleinen.

Until that time, most long distance trains running on the line through the station had stopped at it.

The Eiertunnel (“egg tunnel”), which is located to the west of the station, gives pedestrian access to the lake.

Lifts connect the bridge to the platforms, which has allowed Deutsche Bahn to rate the station as barrier-free since 9 December 2018.