The station was opened on 17 December 1943 as part of the segment of the Sørlandet Line between Kristiansand and Sira.

The Norwegian National Rail Administration has decided to close the station in 2019,[needs update] as it only served 2,200 annual passengers in 2008.

Breland Station was built during the Second World War under the German-administrated expansion of the Sørlandet Line west of Kristiansand.

Irregular revenue traffic commenced on the line on 17 December 1943 and the station became operative from the same day.

[1] An interlocking system became operational on 10 September 1969, allowing the station to become remotely controlled from 19 November 1969.

[5] The short platforms have caused the Norwegian Railway Authority to demand that they be lengthened by 2019, or the station will be closed.

The National Rail Administration has decided that an 13 million kr investment in the station was not worthwhile.

As the schedule is tied to passing loops, this will probably not save time overall for the line, but it will allow for more robustness.