[4] Opened in 1851, the station is owned and operated by the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB).

Wels Hauptbahnhof is situated in the Bahnhofstraße, at the northwestern edge of the city centre.

In 1851, the Western Railway was opened from Vienna to Salzburg and Passau, and the Wels station building was moved.

Due to the increase in traffic associated with the opening of these lines, Wels Hauptbahnhof had to be enlarged.

Above the station, there had been a bridge linking Wels with the Neustadt district; in the same year it was replaced by an underpass.

East of the station, a "Rolling highway" was opened, to transport trucks by train between Wels and Mainz.

The station has a bus terminal served by Wels local buses and Postbuses.