As part of the construction of the Bonn Stadtbahn in the early 1970s, the existing buildings at the station were demolished and rebuilt.

The design of the station forecourt was soon the subject of much controversy among the public of Bonn and there were several attempts to redesign it.

After crossing under the government district, the Rhine and the Siebengebirge hills to reach the line route that favoured by the Deutsche Bundesbahn to run via Limburg an der Lahn to Frankfurt.

Bonn Hauptbahnhof sits astride the north–south and east–west axes of the network and consequently sees daily about 50,000 passengers.

Rhein-Express MittelrheinBahn Rhein-Ahr-Bahn Rhein-Wupper-Bahn Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Two tram lines serve a surface-level stop in front of Bonn Hauptbahnhof: