This station is located on the standard gauge South Harz Railway, which serves as the main line from Northeim to Nordhausen.

A project proposed by Georg Fichtner, a chief mechanical engineer from Berlin, to extend the railway line to Bad Harzburg, was not realised.

In 1963 ten pairs of trains ran daily on weekdays, and eight on Sundays.

The rolling stock on the line consisted of Uerdingen railbuses and DMUs DB classes 628 and 624.

The closure dates for passenger services were as follows: Goods traffic from Scharzfeld to Bad Lauterberg ended on 31 December 2001.

Passenger services on the remaining section from (Herzberg –)Scharzfeld to Bad Lauterberg were provided in the later years by DB Class 614 DMUs and ceased on 12 December 2004.