 The Gießen–Grünberg section was opened on 2 December 1869 by the Upper Hessian Railway Company ("Oberhessische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft").The entrance building was built in "Heimatstil" (literally "home-style", related to the Swiss chalet style) and is now protected as a cultural monument under the Hessian Monument Protection Act ("Hessisches Denkmalschutzgesetz") for historical and urban reasons.During an air raid on Großen-Buseck station on 18 March 1945, a construction train carrying forced labourers was hit.