To its west is a smaller disused freight yard with loading docks and the central bus station.

The station consists of an entrance building, which houses a restaurant, two kiosks, a bakery, a bookstore and a travel centre.

The sprawling marshalling yard is now closed, although part of it near the station is used by the construction company Leonhard Weiss.

The station was first opened on 11 October 1847 when the Fils Valley Railway (Filstalbahn) reached Göppingen, the line was completed to Ulm in 1850.

On 27 May 1964 today's station building, designed by Hellmut Kasel, was opened on schedule after two years of construction.