The plans for the entrance building were probably drawn up by the Darmstadt court architect Georg Moller.

The station is a two-storey building, originally containing railway residential and administrative spaces.

On the southwest side a small signal box house was built in 1920.

[1] In December 2007, DB announced that it intended to sell the station building and shortly later that it had sold it to an investor.

The station is an increasingly important transport hub for the region and it is included in the overall concept for Hessentag 2014, which is being celebrated in Bensheim.