Construction and opening On October 27, 1869, the Rheinische Eisenbahn- Gesellschaft opened the 20.75 km long connection to Niederlahnstein and on 11 July 1870 the 44.92 km long section from Oberkassel near Bonn (now Bonn-Oberkassel) to Neuwied. The station was initially without station building on 27 October 1869 in operation. If you wanted to travel by train, you had to buy your ticket at the station of the district Engers. The first plastered station building was built in 1871 as a classicist, two-story type building, such as the stations Engers, Bendorf and Vallendar. On the ground floor were the much visited station restaurant and a service room. Upstairs were the official apartments of the stationmaster. A waiting room and a station cashier did not exist. The main platform had been covered with corrugated iron along the length of the building. When accessing the 2nd and 3rd platform travelers had to go over the rails. Next to the reception building there was a freight shed made of timber frame. In 1872, an ore loading plant was built, as the company Rasselstein did not have a siding. 1873 enlarged the goods shed and built a loading platform. An express freight shed was built near the station building. In 1883 the right-hand stretch was expanded to two tracks. The station received its first signal tower buildings. Because of the busy visit of the station restaurant this had to be extended. Between 1904 and 1910, the entire station complex was expanded for 2.5 million marks. The result was the marshalling yard with Ablaufberg, a multiple engine shed with turntable and Lokbehandlungsanlagen. The railway embankments were raised by 2.6 meters and a passenger tunnel was built to the platforms. The station building was again extended by additions to cope with the travel and luggage traffic. An older glass hall had to give way to a "princely building" for the court of the Prince of Neuwied. On 15 August 1918, the 11.18 km long freight route from Neuwied (Abzw) over the Kronprinzenbrücke to Koblenz-Lützel was put into operation. After the abolition of the privileges of the nobility in 1919, the German Reich Railway bought the "princely building" and used it for the service room of the stationmaster. During the Second World War, the reception building was destroyed by about 75%. At the beginning of the 1950s, a new reception building was started with the planning. The striking, glazed counter hall dominates the building. What is missing at this time are the curved elements typical of the 1950s / 60s on the building. On the left are still the restaurant and on the right the Expressgutabfertigung. In the ticket hall there was a ticket office and baggage handling as well as an arrival pavilion with standing beer hall. In addition to the platform barriers, a staircase led to the bowling alley and the toilets. After a construction period of nineteen months, the opening of the new station building was celebrated on 16 April 1953 with a ceremony and a banquet. The local press reports in detail about it. What has changed, what has remained In 2011/12, the station was completely renovated by Deutsche Bahn AG. The reception building was exemplary restored and largely preserved.

Planning and concession On December 24, 1866, the Prussian Concession (Prussian Law Collection, 1867 No. 4, page 27) was awarded for the construction and operation of a route from Neuwied to Niederlahnstein to the Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft.