Lippstadt is served once a day by the IC 51 Intercity service from Düsseldorf to Gera and return.

It is served by the Rhein-Hellweg-Express at hourly intervals and the RB 89 (Ems-Börde-Bahn) stopping service every 30 minutes.

[5] The main line between Hamm and Paderborn was opened on 4 October 1850 by the Royal Westphalian Railway Company (Königlich-Westfälische Eisenbahn, KWE).

Operations on the north-south route of the Westfälische Landes-Eisenbahn (Westphalian State Railway) between Münster and Warstein was closed in two stages for passenger services up to 1975.

The headquarters of the Westfälische Landes-Eisenbahn along with its local freight terminal and central workshop are also near the former Lippstadt-Nord station.