Unlike the rest of Düren, which was destroyed by the attacks of the Allies, the station was largely unscathed by World War II.

The great destruction of Düren during World War II reduced the city's financial resources.

Following a significant fall in freight traffic, Düren depot closed on 1 July 1986 and was demolished three years later.

In the next few decades, an increasing number of fast services stopped in Düren, including InterCity, InterRegio, EuroCity and night trains.

A year later, the InterCity and night train lines were also modified so that Düren was no longer served by long-distance services.

Deutsche Bahn agreed, however, that the station would be upgraded to category 3 as soon as InterCity or night trains returned to the Aachen-Cologne line.

With the development of the high-speed line between Cologne and Aachen, Düren station was partially restored and completely modernised.

Services are available in the station building, including a ticket office, a bookstore, a bank, toilets, lockers and a DB-Service Store.

At the southern exit to the station is a subway to the newly built bicycle parking, which was opened in September 2010 after several months of construction.