The station is a border station and as such is in local transport tarif zones in both Germany and Switzerland.
Trains which pass through Lottstetten without stopping at any of the stations on the line in Germany, are not subject to any customs formalities or restrictions of either country, despite the train and its passengers technically leaving the [[Swiss customsCustoms areaTerritory]], entering the [[European Union Customs Union|European Union customs area]] and entering the Swiss customs area again. An agreement in this respect was entered into by the two countries and became law in 1936.<ref>https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/filestore/fedlex.data.admin.ch/eli/cc/52/83_83_711/19851007/de/pdf-a/fedlex-data-admin-ch-eli-cc-52-83_83_711-19851007-de-pdf-a.pdf</ref> From 1840 until 1935, Lottstetten, along with Altenburg, Jestetten and what was then [[Dettighofen, Baden-Württemberg|Dettighofen]], was part of the region which formed a customs exclusion zone and was not part of the German customs area.
[[File:KarteSchaffhausen1900.png|thumb|Customs exclusion zone (1840–1935)]]
