It is located approximately 28 kilometres (17 mi) southeast of Amsterdam.

The station was situated on the so-called Gooilijn, part of the Amsterdam–Zutphen railway.

The current building was constructed in 1992 and, apart from the railway station, it used to also houses offices of the regional Tax and Customs Administration.

These have been replaced by offices of Transdev, BrightBlue, PareX Parts Exchange and other companies.

After constructing extra platforms, intercity services were resumed on 10 December 2007.