Finally, local service is provided by both the St. Gallen and Chur S-Bahn networks.

After heated debate, the station was built at its present site, just outside the city limits, and designed as a terminus of the Rheineck–Chur railway.

Initially, only a temporary wooden goods shed was constructed as a station building.

[citation needed] In 1896, the Rhaetian Railway opened a narrow gauge line between Landquart and Thusis.

In 1986, the architects Richard Brosi and Robert Obrist won first prize in a competition for the design of the bus station, including its roof.

Their idea was to create an airy concourse, and the structure built to their design was completed in 1993.

The complete redesign of the station was a joint project of the SBB-CFF-FFS, the Rhaetian Railway and the town of Chur.

Between the tracks of the SBB and those of the Rhaetian Railway's Chur-Arosa line is now a new office and retail building.