A branch [de] of this line ran from Kohlfurt (after 1945 renamed as Węgliniec) to Görlitz.

The first station building was built on island platforms, so that the two railway companies could have separate entrances.

Two slender towers were built at the main entrance, which was protected from the weather by a veranda.

A newly pedestrian tunnel was built leading directly from Bahnhofsstrasse to the extension of the building on the island platforms.

Electric rail transport in Görlitz ended in February 1945, due to war-related interruption of overhead lines and power supply.

Starting in autumn 1945 the overhead lines were dismantled and transported as reparations to the Soviet Union.

However, after 1989 (opening of the East German western borders) the reconstruction of inner-German rail connections gained priority and the electrification of the Dresden-Görlitz Saxon-Silesian railway has been deferred indefinitely.

Due to construction works along Węgliniec–Roßlau railway the OE 64 (Hoyerswerda-Görlitz) is temporarily not operating.