This ran on the eastern outskirts of the town and there was a station at Stendal—later called Stendal Ost (east)—from its opening.

The Magdeburg-Wittenberge railway was also relocated to be connected to the new station and has run around the town to its west since then.

[3] It suffered severe bomb damage during World war II, especially on 22 February 1945 due to Operation Clarion and on 7 April 1945.

In June 1892, a horse tramway was opened between the station forecourt and the Uenglinger Tor (Uenglingen gate); in October 1909, another horse tramway was added, but this ran between Stendal Ost station on the original Magdeburg-Wittenberge railway and the Uenglinger Tor.

Stendal was connected to the electrical railway network in 1984 with the electrification of the line to Magdeburg.

A southern bypass of Stendal was built against the wishes of the town; this is now used by most long-distance trains running on the line.