At the station, the line to Wissembourg in Alsace branches off the Palatine Maximilian Railway (Pfälzische Maximiliansbahn), which runs from Neustadt an der Weinstraße to Karlsruhe.

Nine years later it became the interchange station with the opening of the second branch of the Maximilian Railway to Karlsruhe via Kandel and Wörth.

The station also had an important role in handling the transport of sugar until this traffic was discontinued in 1993.

Winden station was modernised from 2005 to 2007, with the raising of the platforms to 55 cm above the rail[5] and the installation of lifts.

Similarly, a regular bus route runs to Bad Bergzabern, mainly to serve the villages that lie off of the spa line.