The station opened on 5 March 1863 on the Lower Left Rhine Railway.

The train services are operated by NordWestBahn.

The station was an important international station on the Nijmegen - Kleve - Kevelaer - Krefeld - Düsseldorf route until 1991.

In Kleve the line is no longer intact towards Nijmegen, however there are sections which still exist outside the town.

The station is served by the following services:[5][6] A number of buses serve the station, including to Nijmegen, Emmerich, Xanten and Kranenburg.