 This means that the central platform has two different heights, because the platforms on tracks 1 and 2 are on the old level (76 cm).With the completion of the modernisation of Recklinghausen Süd station, it was downgraded to the category of "regional halt" () because it is now only served by S-Bahn and Regionalbahn trains.On 24 May 1998, it was served for the first time by the S-Bahn, which since then has operated from 6 am to 8 pm, Monday to Friday, between Recklinghausen and Dortmund.