It is the main railway hub for the city, offering regional connections to Bremen, Osnabrück, Cuxhaven, Bremervörde and Buxtehude.

Museal services on the line to Bad Bederkesa also call at the station during weekends in summer.

[2] From the mid-1990s to 2000, there used to be a daily InterCityExpress service to Munich, leaving Bremerhaven in the morning and arriving in the evening.

After negotiations, the Deutsche Bahn announced to rise its share of the €8.2 million fund to €800,000 on the condition that the city of Bremerhaven would pay €600,000 to allow for the renovation of the entrance hall.

The other connections are local only, operated by the Bremen S-Bahn and by the EVB using DMUs, as the lines to Buxtehude and Cuxhaven are not electrified.