Even after the connection with the Eifel Cross Railway, the traffic on the southern section between Wengerohr and Wittlich was significantly greater than in the rest of the line.

The town of Wengerohr was incorporated as part of Wittlich on 7 June 1969; nevertheless the station was not renamed.

Even after the closure of passenger services between Daun and Wittlich on 1 November 1981 and between Wengerohr and Bernkastel-Kues on 2 June 1984, the station retained its importance as a junction on the branch line from the Moselle line to Wittlich.

The rest of the branch to Wittlich (Stadt) station was closed only a year later on 25 September 1988.

In long-distance passenger transport, the following InterCity service operates from the station (as of 2024), although it operates as a Regional-Express between Koblenz and Trier: In regional transport, several Regional-Express and Regionalbahn services stop in Wittlich: