It was built in 1907 after the commissioning of the Rheinhausen–Kleve railway on the left (western) bank of the Lower Rhine for workers of the Krupp’s steel works.

Its construction resulted from the visit of the German Emperor Wilhelm II to the Krupp’s steel works, which took place one year before, on 9 August 1906.

"At 10:05 am, the emperor arrived at the halt in the imperial special train and was received by the board of directors of Krupp", according to an Extrablatt des Allgemeinen Anzeigers für den Kreis Mörs ("special edition of the general gazette of the District of Mörs").

[5] On departure, the men's chorus of the Krupp company was placed opposite the imperial saloon car.

While the northern platform for trains toward Krefeld could be reached via an underpass, passengers to Duisburg originally had to cross the line on foot.

The mayor of Rheinhausen reaffirmed the project in 1935, as did the director of the Krupp's works, Bruno Fugmann, the following year.

The station entrance for services towards Rheinhausen and Krefeld contained a restaurant that was called Ritzendiele ("Ritz hall") by the Krupp workers, as well as a ticket office.

A street passes in front of the station with a sharp curve, which was popularly called the Atrop underpass until the widening of the passage.