The station, designed by Georg Andreas Bull, opened on 1 May 1874, two years after the line.

The Drammen Line past the site of Høvik Station opened as a narrow gauge railway on 7 October 1872.

From 27 February 1917 a passing loop was built at Høvik and standard gauge traffic was carried out on the northern track.

[2] The upgrades also resulted in new station buildings on the double tracked sections, which were designed by NSB Arktitektkontor.

[12] From 1922 a half-hour headway was introduced on the local trains between Sandvika and Oslo West Station.

Høvik Station received centralized traffic control on 3 December 1992 and became unstaffed as of 15 January 1995.

[2] The opening of the Bærum Tunnel, the second phase of the Asker Line, 26 August 2011, meant that express and regional trains bypassed Høvik Station all together and run directly from Lysaker to Sandvika.

[14] Høvik was one of several locations proposed and was preferred due to the availability of space combined to the vicinity to Lysaker.

While the new turnaround tracks are being built, the project allows for the full upgrade of the station area to modern standards.

The project, estimated to cost 652 million, includes a full upgrade to all infrastructure on the Drammen Line between Lysaker and Sandvika.

[15] To carry out efficient construction work, the segment of track was closed and all trains diverted via the Bærum Tunnel from 7 April 2013 to 13 December 2014.

[17] The upgrades freed up track capacity allowing the number of trains to increase from two to four per direction per hour.

The platforms are 220 meters (720 ft) long and 76 centimeters (30 in) tall, providing universally accessibility.

[14] There is an underpass on the eastern end of the station, which provides access between the platforms and to the streets on each side.