It was opened with the section of the Rhine Valley Railway from Offenburg to Freiburg on 1 August 1845.

With the construction of the state railway line of the Baden main line from Mannheim to Basel, the section from Offenburg to Freiburg was opened on 1 August 1845 and the municipality of Emmendingen was first connected to the rail network.

After a 21-month construction period, the modernised and barrier free station in Emmendingen was opened on 16 May 2014.

[4] A 49-metre-long graffiti picture was unveiled at Emmendingen station at the end of June 2016.

[5] Emmendingen is located on the Rhine Valley Railway from Mannheim to Basel.