It was opened on 1 August 1845 with the section of Rhine Valley Railway between Offenburg and Freiburg and lies a few kilometres west of the town's centre.

[4] The station is on the boundaries of Dinglingen, which was a separate municipality until 1933.

After its incorporation, Deutsche Reichsbahn called the station Lahr-Dinglingen.

After the former Lahr Stadt (Lahr town) station lost its passenger services in 1959, Deutsche Bundesbahn gave the station its present name in 1962.

[5] From 1865, there was a short branch line to Lahr Stadt.