 Because of the increasing freight traffic a freight shed was completed at the station in 1865.To relieve the Stuttgart Central Station ("Zentralbahnhof"), the Royal Württemberg State Railways ("Königlich Württembergischen Staats-Eisenbahnen") planned a freight bypass that provided a direct link between the Eastern and Northern Railways, the Untertürkheim–Kornwestheim line.Two marshalling yards were provided at each end of the line.