The railway line between Brügge (Westfalen) station and Lüdenscheid station opened in 1880 by the Prussian state railways.
In 1963, a concept of the urban management of Lüdenscheid was presented in which the current Sauerfelder Straße would be rebuilt on 2 levels and the Brügge-Lüdenscheid railway would be placed underground running from Lüdenscheid station at a grade of only one percent.