Many of its residents worked away from the community and took advantage of the opening of the Zuffenhausen station on the Württemberg Central Railway in 1846.

When the parliament of Württemberg decided to build the Black Forest Railway through the Strohgäu district on 13 August 1865, it was not certain that a station would be established in Korntal.

In fact, the citizens of the larger community of Weil im Dorf petitioned the royal government for a station on the line so as not to be economically disadvantaged.

From 1898, several municipalities called for the construction of a railway line between Zuffenhausen or Ludwigsburg through the northern Heckengäu towards Pforzheim.

On 13 August 1906, the Württemberg Railway Company opened its Strohgäu branch line to Weissach.

This allowed passengers to and from Weil im Dorf a more comfortable way to travel and spared them a long walk.

The station is served by trains of lines S 6 and S 60 of the Stuttgart S-Bahn and the Württemberg Railway Company (Württembergische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, WEG).

The S-Bahn towards Leonberg stops on track 1, the “home” platform and, in the peak hour, it is also used by WEG trains on their way from Feuerbach towards Hemmingen.