the station was the first railway station to be built in jihlava as part of the rail link between vienna via znojmo, německý brod, kutná hora and kolín. the investor and operator was the austrian northwestern railway ("österreichische nordwestbahn", "önwb"), the project was taken over by the main architect of this company, viennese engineer carl schlimp. the first test train arrived at the railway station in jihlava on 21 december 1870, construction works were finished that year in april. in 1871, all current tracks were in operation.