The station opened on 21 May 1855 when the Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij (Dutch Rijn Railway Company) opened the Utrecht–Rotterdam railway.

The Gouda–Den Haag railway to The Hague was opened in 1870, and the connection to Alphen a/d Rijn in 1934.

In November 1944, during World War II, the strategically located railway station was bombed by the Royal Air Force.

The main building of the railway station was severely damaged; traces of the bombing are visible to this day on platforms 3 and 5.

In 2022 the building and related nearby infrastructure were renovated.