It is the terminus of Line S1A of Bologna metropolitan railway service.

The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FSI), Italy's state-owned rail company.

As of 1891, the railway station was named "Bagni della Porretta".

[3] On 24 May 1927, the track from Porretta Terme to Pistoia was electrified with three-phase alternating current; on 28 October, the track from Porretta Terme to Bologna followed.

[4] The station consists of four tracks linked by an underpass.