As part of the economic stimulus platform, the reception building was rehabilitated with energy-related measures.

The railway construction occurred at a time of great misery in Schorndorf and saved many people from starvation or emigration.

A week later, on 25 July 1861, scheduled operation started on the line from Cannstatt to Wasseralfingen (to the east of Aalen).

In the early morning and late evening some InterCity trains on the IC 61 Karlsruhe–Nuremberg–Leipzig route stop at Schorndorf station.

Schorndorf is an intermediate station of regional services (line RB13/R2) running every half hour from Stuttgart to Aalen.

The Wieslauf Valley Railway, operated by the Württembergische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, branches off east of the station to the north to Rudersberg.

West of the station is the siding of the logistics centre of the appliance manufacturer Bauknecht, owned by Whirlpool Corporation.

In the neighbouring former Express freight building there is now a book and magazine store and an Internet café.