The
Royal Württemberg State Railways (
Königlich Württembergischen Staats-Eisenbahnen or K.W.St.E.) opened the station in 1866 as the terminus of the Lower Jagst Railway (
Untere Jagstbahn) from
Heilbronn to
Osterburken, now considered part of the Franconia Railway. At the same time the
Mannheim–Würzburg railway (
Odenwaldbahn) railway was opened. At the end of March 1945, an "evacuation" train with detainees from the Neckarelz
concentration camp was parked near the station for three days. Nine of the detainees died and were buried in a common grave at what is now the old cemetery; a memorial stone is located there. Services on line S1 of the
Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn commenced at the 2003/2004 timetable change on 14 December 2003. As part of the upgrade for the S-Bahn, the platforms for tracks 1 (next to the entrance building) and 3 (bay platform) were made fully accessible and are provided with shelters from the weather. The 140 metre-long and 76 centimetre-high platforms now provide level access to the S-Bahn trains, which operate almost exclusively on track 1. == Rail services==