Nearly two years later, on 10 June 1840, the Coswig "stopping point" (Anhaltepunkt) was opened, which was about 900 metres from the location of the present station towards Leipzig.

This growth and technical progress meant that the construction of a new station building was required 30 years later.

In addition, the railway tracks were rebuilt at a higher level and an island platform was built, which was connected by a pedestrian subway.

The long-distance services have generally run over the newly built Weißig–Böhla railway since 2010 and thus bypass Coswig Station to the east.

The station is on served by passenger services RE 15: Hoyerswerda–Dresden, RE 18: Cottbus–Dresden, RE 50: Leipzig–Dresden and RB 31: Elsterwerda-Biehla–Dresden and by Dresden S-Bahn line S1: Meissen-Triebischtal–Schöna (as of September 2014).