The station, which is located at an altitude of +772 meters, is included in the Operational Area II Bandung.

This procedure is mandatory due to the presence of steep gradients on both ends of the station.

However, it was briefly abolished in 1990s as it was deemed inefficient, and the nuisance caused by hawkers and beggars at this station.

[3] The absence of brake checkings contributed to the fatal accident of the Galuh and Kahuripan combined train which lost control and went runaway due to brake failures after leaving the station on midnight on 24 October 1995, before crashing at the bridge near the Trowek (now Cirahayu) station.

[4] Since then, to prevent similar accidents, all trains are again mandated to stop at the station.