The line was closer to the city centre than it is today, passing through the large square 't Zand within the medieval walls.

After completion in Ronse, it became apparent that the building had been accidentally rebuilt backwards, causing the front to face to tracks instead of the street.

Work started on the present-day railway alignment outside the city walls in 1910, but it was abandoned during the First World War and not completed until 1936.

The current station building, designed in the International Style by the brothers Josse and Maurice Van Kriekinge, opened in 1938.

[2] The station was served by a daily Thalys high-speed rail service to Paris between 1998 and 31 March 2015.