 Until the 1980s, there was a freight yard located at the present site of the construction market in Böttingerstraße.In 2007, the station surroundings were redesigned and bicycle parking and additional car parking were built.The station is served by the Rhein-Wupper-Bahn (RB 48) between Wuppertal-Oberbarmen and Cologne twice an hour during the day, with one train an hour to/from Bonn-Mehlem.