Passenger services on the Ohra Valley Railway (Ohratalbahn) to the south ended in December 2011.

Gotha station was built in 1847, when the local section of the Thuringian line was completed between Halle and Bebra.

In 1929, the Thuringian Forest Railway (Thüringerwaldbahn), an overland interurban tramway was opened from Gotha station, running across the city tramlines and continuing to Bad Tabarz via Waltershausen and Friedrichroda.

In 2007, the station forecourt was completely restructured and the stop on the Thuringian Forest Railway was relocated.

The following services stopped at Gotha station in 2022. relief trains (Fri, Sun) The Thuringian Forest Railway (interurban tramway to Waltershausen) runs from the forecourt.