It was opened in June 1969[1] and is located in Norderstedt, Germany, in the borough of Garstedt, which was an independent municipality to the end of 1969.

Construction works for the station began in 1967, and it was opened in June 1969, after U-Bahn tracks of the Langenhorn railway had been extended to Garstedt.

The Alster Northern Railway (Alsternordbahn, ANB), which serviced the line to its southern terminus Ochsenzoll before, was shortened, first to former halt of Birkenweg, later to a newly constructed at-grade station at Garstedt.

The train service at Garstedt U-Bahn station started on one track, the second was completed on 14 December 1969.

A storage siding in the north was added, as the line was extended to Norderstedt Mitte station in the mid-1990s.