The station building, which was generous at the time, was designed by Freiberg architect Eduard Heuchler and included Gothic Revival elements.

The sharp increase in passenger and freight traffic required the reconstruction of the station's rail facilities in 1900.

[3] According to the official timetable of 1944-45, three long-distance services stopped at Freiberg station.

Freiberg station used to be a stop for the Franken-Sachsen-Express from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Nuremberg, this service was cancelled in December 2014.

The Regional-Express services meet on the half-hour and each connect to and from the FEG trains to and from Holzhau.