[3] The Finnish Heritage Agency has proclaimed the Hankasalmi station a nationally significant built cultural environment.

[2] However, the location was seen as advantageous in that lake Kuuhankavesi lies just 0.6 kilometres (0.37 mi) away from the station, greating a crossing between the railway and waterborne transport.

[4] Work on the Jyväskylä–Pieksämäki railway began in 1913 and it was opened for traffic on 1 June 1918, making Hankasalmi one of its original stations.

[5] The station does not have a VR service point nor a ticket vending machine, and has low, inaccessible 26.5 centimetres (10.4 in) high platforms.

Starting from the 2010s, the frequency of timber shipments to the sawmill by rail has decreased, though as of 2019, the connection is known to be maintained and used on an irregular basis.