It is by served by Intercity and regional trains, and is the western terminus of line S4 of the Nuremberg S-Bahn.

[5] The construction of a railway line from Heilbronn via Schwäbisch Hall to Wasseralfingen (near Aalen) was authorised in a resolution of the parliament of the Kingdom of Württemberg on 17 November 1858.

The committee proposed Crailsheim as a possible new hub for lines to Würzburg and Nuremberg, convincing the parliament of its merits.

The reason advanced was the higher number of inhabitants of the cities Ellwangen and Crailsheim, compared to Gaildorf, as well as the greater volume of trade.

Initially, a site in the Haller district (on the road to Schwäbisch Hall) was considered but eventually it was decided to build the station directly to the west of central Crailsheim in the Siechenäcker area.

built a monumental entrance building in Crailsheim, as it was the seat of the district (oberamt) with nearly 3,000 inhabitants.

In addition, the Royal Bavarian State Railways (Königlich Bayerische Staats-Eisenbahnen) built a roundhouse and a freight shed.

More air strikes were made on the railways on 1 and 4 April 1945 and rail traffic towards Nuremberg and Lauda was interrupted completely.

After the Second World War, many experts were involved in the construction of the city which had suffered from air raids and destructive shelling.

A new entrance building would not be rebuilt on an island between the tracks, which was perceived as unfavourable, but at Kronprinzstraße (Worthingtonstraße since 1948).

On 2 June 1985, Deutsche Bundesbahn commenced regular electric operations between Ansbach and Goldshöfe.

Behind it was a lobby, which was 5.35 metres to 5.16 meters tall and surrounded by the ticket office and baggage counter.

Its reconstruction after World War II was considered out of the question, because the city council already wanted to get rid of the island building.

A locomotive depot was established in 1870 at the southern end of the station between the lines to Hessental and Aalen.

After the destruction of the Second World War, the depot flourished during the steam era, with up to 70 locomotives stationed there.

A week later, two class 44 locomotives left Crailsheim depot, making it steam-free, so that there were now only diesel operations.

Today not much is left the former locomotive depot and the distinctive water tower now serves as a bar.

A portion of the site is used by the DBK Historic Railway association, which has managed to build a new turntable with the assistance of grants.

Track 1, the western “home” platform (next to the station building) is mostly used for train services to Schwäbisch Hall-Hessental and Lauda.

[1] Regional services as of 2023: From 15 December 2024 the station is served by Nuremberg S-Bahn line S4 every two hours:[5]