In the immediate vicinity of the station are the Breitloh/Karl-Kurz-Areal industrial area on the site of the former Kurz barrel factory, which was one of the largest companies in the city of Schwäbisch Hall until its bankruptcy in 1998.

[6] The entrance building was not built until twelve years later, when the line was completed from Waiblingen to Hessental via Backnang and Gaildorf.

On 1 December 1988, a relay interlocking of the SpDr L 60 class was taken into operation, it gradually took remote control of signalling at the surrounding stations: Sulzdorf and Gaildorf West in March 1989 and Schwäbisch Hall on 1 January 1990.

In 1996, the line from Backnang via Hessental to Crailsheim, including the tracks through the station, were electrified.

West of the station, there was a 1.5 kilometre-long rail siding to the former Schwäbisch Hall Hessental airbase.