On 31 August 2010, the principal stakeholders in the railway station—ProRail, Nederlandse Spoorwegen and the municipality of Zwolle—started the ZwolleSpoort project.

This project included a major renovation of the existing station, an increase in capacity and an overhaul of the entire public transportation organization in the city.

The new tunnel, which opened on 26 June 2015, leads onto a new bus terminal at the southern end of the station.

In addition, the project entailed increasing the capacity and efficiency of the railway emplacement.

The new Hanzelijn was accommodated by a new, fourth railway platform and by replacing the 34 points near the station with 15 longer ones which allow a more efficient railway pattern and allow trains to pass at higher speeds.