The station takes its name from the name of the pass, and the resort area of Hasliberg, which lies to its east.

It provides an interchange with a route of PostBus Switzerland, which operates between Brienz and Hasliberg, via the station.

The border with the canton of Obwalden lies just to the Lucerne side of the station.

Initially onward journeys to Interlaken and Lucerne were accomplished by boat and the through rail route was not completed until 1916.

Ownership of the station was transferred to the Swiss Federal Railway in 1903, and to the Zentralbahn in 2004.