Construction of the Lauterbourg railway station began in 1874 after the
German Empire annexed
Alsace-Lorraine in 1871. The line from Strasbourg to Lauterbourg was opened on 25 July 1876 by the
Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine (
Kaiserliche Generaldirektion der Eisenbahnen in Elsaß-Lothringen). In 1900, the station was enlarged for the opening of the new Lauterbourg–Wissembourg railway, which was put in service on 1 July of the same year. The
Riviera-Express of the
Compagnie des wagons-lits, connecting
Berlin to
Nice via
Frankfurt, served the station from 3 December 1900. It was abandoned when the First World War broke out On 19 June 1919, the station became part of the network of the
Administration des chemins de fer d'Alsace et de Lorraine (AL), as a result of the Allied victory in the First World War. The station was extended in 1920; the work included the building of a customs office. On 1 January 1938, the SNCF took control of the railway installations of Lauterbourg. However, after the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine by Germany on 1 July 1940 during the Second World War,
Deutsche Reichsbahn controlled the station and held it until the liberation of France (in 1944 –1945). Passenger services towards
Wissembourg ended on 1 October 1947. Lauterbourg also had a minor locomotive depot. In 2014, the SNCF estimated the number of passengers using the station at 22,502 passengers. == Passenger services ==