The station opened on 15 November 1877, and is served by line S2 of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn and regional services operated by Deutsche Bahn.

It was built in the Heimatschutzstil (“homeland defence style”) in a pragmatic baroque form.

It is a stucco building with striking embossing in Taunus quartzite of its lower storey and on the outsides of its upper widow jambs.

[4] Fares at Hofheim station are set by the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (Rhine-Main Transport Association, RMV).

It is also served by RE 20 Regional-Express and RB 22 Regionalbahn services on the route from Limburg via Bad Camberg, Idstein and Niedernhausen to Frankfurt Central Station.