[2] Flieden station was opened on 15 December 1868 along with the Neuhof–Steinau (Straße) section of the Kinzig Valley Railway.

Due to the high cost of operating the zig zag, construction began in 1909 of the Schlüchtern tunnel to Distelrasen in order to shorten the line.

The Kinzig Valley Railway now branched in Flieden from the line to Elm opened in 1879, which became a secondary route to Gemünden.

As a result, Flieden station was separated from the Kinzig Valley Railway and lost much of its operational importance.

The line to Gemünden was served every two hours by local trains on the Fulda–Flieden–Gemünden route until the introduction of the 2006/2007 timetable on 10 December 2006.