The station was opened on 1 November 1868 and is located on the Utrecht–Boxtel railway and the Houten - Houten Castellum tram line which closed on 14 December 2008.

The services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen.

A 2005 ProRail survey estimated there were about 9,224 passengers using this station per day.

The original station was the one opened in 1868, which closed in 1935.

In August 2007, the station building was moved 150 m (492 ft) north of its previous location, which was 600 m (1,969 ft) south of the current station.