It connects the Harlingen–Nieuweschans and Ihrhove–Nieuweschans railways and is situated between Winschoten, Netherlands and Weener, Germany.

The railway station is located at the Stationsstraat in the village of Bad Nieuweschans.

[4] The station is the eastern terminus of the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway after Winschoten, which leads towards Zuidbroek and Groningen.

[5] The station is also the western terminus of the Ihrhove–Nieuweschans railway after Weener, which leads towards Leer in Germany.

[11] Georges Simenon's story Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets (1931) starts in this station.

[12] From 1938 to 2000, trains were operated by the Nederlandse Spoorwegen, which was formed when the Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen and the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij merged.

Nieuweschans was the last station in the Netherlands they passed, which is commemorated with the sculpture De laatste blik (The Last View).