During the planning of a westerly extension of the Riesa–Chemnitz line, several routes were investigated for a connection to the Saxon-Bavarian Railway.

In addition it was decided to build a short connecting line from Gößnitz to Glauchau.

The Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan lists the rebuilding of the second track as an "additional need”.

Overall, Deutsche Bahn spent €20 million on the upgrade of the 13 kilometre-long connection.

The formerly extensive freight facilities were closed in 2000 and finally completely dismantled in 2010.

In the course of the renewal of the line in 2011, the station was also modernised and a barrier-free passage to the interurban bus service was established.

[6] It was demolished in 2011 and replaced by a simple functional building with a ticket machine and bicycle parking.

An operational peculiarity is the 603.50 metre-long island platform, which can hold up to four trains at the same time.