[2] One of Norway's popular hiking trails also starts at the station and ends in the village of Aurlandsvangen after a four-day trek.

After the railway came, Finse grew as a recreational area, and also received a small amount of permanent residents, at the most 200 people, including a school and a store.

The proximity and easy access to both Bergen and Oslo made Finse a popular mountain resort, but during the 1960s and 1970s the tourist traffic declined, as did the village, and during the 1980s it virtually died when the school and store closed.

Finse Station still operates the oldest and highest situated post office in Norway, founded on 1 March 1904.

[4] Paul Armin Due designed the station building in the jugendstil; originally with one and half storeys, it soon outgrew the traffic and was extended in length and in height.