The line to Schlitz opened on 1 October 1898 and Bad Salzschlirf became a railway junction.

In September 2009, Deutsche Bahn chairman Rüdiger Grube announced that it would spend a total of €24.6 million from the economic stimulus program II to upgrade the Vogelsberg Railway by 2011.

Since the timetable change 2011/2012 on 11 December 2011, passenger services have been operated by Hessische Landesbahn (HLB) with LINT 41 diesel multiple units.

The station is served daily by hourly Regionalbahn services on the Limburg (Lahn)–Weilburg–Wetzlar–Gießen–Alsfeld–Fulda route.

Some bus routes stop at the railway station, which connect with the surrounding municipalities of Landkreis Fulda and Vogelsbergkreis.