Later the suffix "die Stadt" (the town) was added to distinguish the town from villages of the same name, such as Weil im Dorf and Weil im Schönbuch.
Der Spiegel | Der Rosenkavalier | Der Ring des Nibelungen | Rotenburg an der Fulda | Spittal an der Drau | Limburg an der Lahn | Weiden in der Oberpfalz | Dillingen an der Donau | Van der Graaf Generator | Kirchdorf an der Krems | Der Freischütz | Befehlshaber der U-Boote | Andrew Weil | Serena van der Woodsen | Rothenburg ob der Tauber | Oberkommando der Wehrmacht | Simone Weil | Neustadt an der Orla | Neukirch an der Thur | Der Vampyr | Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft | Neuberg an der Mürz | Ludwig Mies van der Rohe | Cynthia Weil | Bruno Weil | Brandenburg an der Havel | Bad Homburg vor der Höhe | Theater an der Wien | Schönenberg an der Thur | Rogier van der Weyden |
Work was completed in September 1978 and operation of the Stuttgart S-Bahn began with three lines (all beginning at Schwabstraße station): the S1 to Plochingen via Esslingen, the S4 to Ludwigsburg and the S6 to Weil der Stadt via Feuerbach and Leonberg.
The facade of the building is built of red sandstone (Buntsandstein), which is also found in other buildings in Weil der Stadt (e.g. the church and the Rundbogenstil pillars of the town hall).