Owing to the increasing volume of traffic, the Royal Württemberg State Railways (Königlich Württembergische Staats-Eisenbahnen) required further locomotives.

The Prag area developed into a suburb with new homes built for the staff of the Royal Railway administration (königliche Eisenbahnverwaltung) that was established in 1894.

It also decided to build a railway station for passengers in the Cannstatt district on Ludwigsburg road (called Nordbahnhofstraße since 1936).

It was soon renamed as Stuttgart North to avoid confusion with the Czech capital, also called Prag in German.

Between 1941 and 1945 the loading tracks of the inner North Station goods yard were used for the deportation of more than 2,200 Jews from all over Württemberg to Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, Riga and Izbica.

During the Stuttgart 21 project, the station will be reduced to a passenger halt with all trackage being removed except for the S-Bahn tracks.

In addition, as part of the project, the option of constructing an S-Bahn route designated as the T-Spange (T-Brace) is to be kept open.

In conjunction with this, the so-called Nordkreuz (north cross) option is to be implemented in the future if sufficient potential traffic can be demonstrated.

[5][6] The passenger station consists of an island platform with access from Nordbahnhofstraße and the Brünner footbridge and is served by the lines S4, S5 and S6 of the Stuttgart S-Bahn.