the railway station was built in 1859 as a part of connection between liberec and pardubice to the south, and zittau to the north. the project was realised by "společnost pardubicko-liberecké dráhy" (pardubice-liberec railway company). in 1900 the station area had to be improved because of a new line to česká lípa. a second large reconstruction was completed in 2009–11.