It connects the city to the regional and long-distance rail service of Deutsche Bahn and other railway companies in Germany.

As part of this construction project, the tracks, which were located at ground level at the time, were raised.

On 4 August 1914, English civilian Henry Hadley was fatally shot by a German officer while their train was standing at the station.

[5] The station has connect to the InterCity trains towards Norddeich Mole via Münster and Luxembourg via Cologne.

[6] The Stadtbahn station below the Hauptbahnhof offers local connections by tram to GE-Buer/Horst, Bochum and Essen.