It was used until the late 20th century as a residential building and Bahnmeisterei[4] (the premises of the supervisor of track maintenance).

On 17 June 1875, the Berlin–Dresden railway was opened together with the two-level interchange station (Turmbahnhof or “tower station”) at the intersection with the line from Leipzig and Falkenberg to Cottbus.

A decentralised rail traction current converter plant built on the railway bridge on the line towards Frankena supplied electricity to sections of both lines.

It was closed after 27 years of operation in July 2008 and replaced by a modern substation.

In the 1980s, it was planned to upgrade the station as a node with multiple tracks on each line; this is shown by a widened abutment to the bridge at the railway junction.