[5] Until December 2010 the next station in the direction towards Bülach, was Altenburg-Rheinau, located in Altenburg, part of Jestetten, in Germany, close to the border with Switzerland.

However, despite protests from the German authorities, the station was closed by the Swiss due to low passenger numbers.

Customs checks could be performed aboard trains and in Neuhausen station by Swiss officials.

Systematic passport controls were abolished when Switzerland joined the Schengen Area in 2008.

[9][10] A train collision occurred on Thursday 10 January 2013, at 8:47 CET[11] on the Winterthur-Schaffhausen line, about 250 meters away from the station.