 Since 29 May 1994, Barop station has been served by line S 5 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn, running between Dortmund and Hagen.Until 2002, Barop yard handled freight, since then the station has been served only by the S-Bahn.Due to this decline of freight traffic, the remaining points were taken out of service in June 2006 and the entrance and exit signals were decommissioned and replaced by block signals.