Opened in 1878, it is adjacent to the northern portal of the Simplon Tunnel and is served by two standard gauge lines.

Another two metre gauge lines serve the physically adjacent Brig Bahnhofplatz railway station.

[1] Service to Brig began on 18 June 1878; it was at that time the eastern terminus of the Simplon Railway.

In 2007, this line was largely supplanted by the New Railway Link through the Alps (NRLA),[5] connecting (Bern and) Spiez with Visp, near Brig, via the Lötschberg Base Tunnel.

As of the December 2024 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Brig:[6]