Passenger services towards the Elster Mountains starting or terminating in Reichenbach commenced with the opening of the Herlasgrün–Cheb (Eger in German) line on 1 November 1865.

[3] With the construction of the Plauen–Oelsnitz connection, which opened in 1874, Herlasgrün station was significantly expanded as the Oelsnitz–Cheb section was operated in conjunction with the new line.

In addition to a new entrance building in the "wedge" between the branching lines, numerous new tracks and a small locomotive depot were built.

[4] Up to 1989/90 individual tracks were removed; large-scale dismantling only started at the end of the 1990s.

The only new construction was a platform on the connection curve; today only three tracks still operate on the Leipzig–Hof railway.