It is located on the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge Gossau–Wasserauen line of Appenzell Railways.

[1] The current square building was constructed between 2012 and 2016, replacing an older structure.

The station has a single side platform, 121 metres (397 ft) long.

[3][4] As of the December 2020 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Gonten:[5]

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