The station was built in 1914 using schematics from Eugen Göbel, but did not open with the rest of the stations on the Großhansdorf branch until a year later, in 1922 (under the name Hopfenbach) with only one track.
In 1952, the station's name was changed to its current name, Ahrensburg Ost.
The station has been altered very little, so that even today, it looks similar to the way it did at its opening.
