[7][8] Apart from the ammunition stores in the forest between Kirkel and Rohrbach, the railway line and the station were the main targets.

With an increase in traffic and through speeds, and in anticipation of the early relocation of the rail maintenance operations to Saarbrücken, a passenger subway was built in 1973 from the south side (the centre of the town).

In order to increase the speed to 200 km/h, the trackwork and the substructure of the local section of the Mannheim–Saarbrücken railway were completely renovated.

At the same time, the station subway was extended to the north side of the station to provide direct access to the Kirkel educational centre of the Arbeitskammer des Saarlandes (workers’ chamber of the Saarland)[12] and to the newly established Park&Ride car park.

The entire platform was renewed and noise walls were built on the side of the railway tracks.

Bus route 547 of the Saarpfalz-Bus GmbH, which connects Kirkel with Neunkirchen and Blieskastel, stops here.