[4] The signal box was put out of operation until 21 March 2016 by a fire in the control room in the early morning of 4 October 2015.
[5][6][7] Styrum station was built on the Bergisch-Markisch Railway Company (Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft; BME) line from Ruhrort to Essen, which was opened in 1862.
It is served by S-Bahn lines S 1 and S 3, providing direct connections to Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Oberhausen, Essen, Bochum and Dortmund.
Lines RB 33 (Rhein-Niers-Bahn) and RE 49 (Wupper-Lippe-Express) provide connections to Aachen, Krefeld, Mönchengladbach, Wesel and Wuppertal.
The trains of the Lower Ruhr Valley Railway (Untere Ruhrtalbahn) ran from Kettwig to Styrum until 1968.