Perché la maggior parte delle piccole stazioni principali sono barricate?

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“Small main station” is a bit of a contradiction. A Hauptbahnhof is rarely small. But a regular station/Bahnhof may be.

The reason is that most of those buildings aren’t used anymore, and many have actually been sold off. DB just needs a lot less staff now than 100 years ago. You use a ticket machine or an app to buy your ticket, you just enter the platform without any barriers where you have to show your ticket, you freeze your ass off outside instead of waiting in a heated waiting room, etc.

They’re not central stations, they’re usually the only station those towns have. 

Back in the day, people used to buy their tickets in-person, so there were these buildings with DB/public transportation company employees that would sell them to you and advise you on routes. 

Usually, there was also some sort of kiosk in there, or a bakery. Nowadays, people either buy their tickets online or at one of the machines, so there isn’t any need for employees anymore. In many cases, the kiosks died alongside the service counter. The areas around train stations are usually not the nicests, so if people aren’t spending time there to buy tickets, they aren’t economically viable.

There are no small HBFs. These are just regular Bahnhof station buildings. They don’t really serve any purpose since ticket machines have replaced most station workers and most buildings have been sold off in the decades. They look nice but really are not the most desirable buildings due to the station noise and the cost that comes with a century old building.