It was built as a neoclassical brick building in 1847/48 according to the plans of the Kassel architect Julius Eugen Ruhl.

The new station was served by express trains and there were connections to Bad Hersfeld and to Eschwege.

Passenger services on the Bad Hersfeld–Treysa railway from Treysa to Oberaula were abandoned on 1 June 1984 and freight traffic ended in late 1995.

The station is within the tariff zone of the North Hesse Transport Association (Nordhessischer Verkehrsverbund, NVV).

In the direction of Gießen the section from Neustadt is within the tariff zone of the Rhine-Main Transport Association (Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund, RMV).