The service acts as a commuter rail connecting Stavanger to its suburbs, including Sandnes, and to towns further south, in Klepp, Time, Hå and Eigersund.

The infrastructure is owned by the Norwegian National Rail Administration and the line is also used by intercity and freight trains.

The line is standard gauge, electrified at 15 kV  16.7 Hz AC and owned by the Norwegian National Rail Administration.

The station is manned, serves intercity trains and is 10 minutes from the city's ferry terminal.

[2][3] Paradis Station is 1.4 kilometers (0.87 mi) from Stavanger and serves the residential areas of Storhaug and Våland.

The station is within walking distance of Stavanger University Hospital and Godalen Upper Secondary School, and is adjacent to the offices of the County Governor.

[4][5] Mariero Station is 4.1 kilometers (2.5 mi) from Stavanger and serves a mixed residential and commercial area, including Hetland Upper Secondary School.

[4][7] Gausel Station is located from 9 kilometers (5.6 mi) from Stavanger and serves a mixed commercial and residential area.

The station located 74.7 kilometers (46.4 mi) from Stavanger is about 10 minutes north of the city center of Egersund.

Each unit has a power output of 2,550 kilowatts (3,420 hp), allowing a top speed of 160 kilometers per hour (99 mph).

[30] The trains have better accessibility than the older units and unlike their predecessors are equipped with an electronic public information system.

[31] Class 69 is a series of 88 two and three-car electric multiple units built by Strømmens Værksted between 1970 and 1993.

A motor car has a power output of 1,188 kilowatts (1,593 hp), allowing a speed of 130 kilometers per hour (81 mph).

[40] The section from Stavanger to Sandnes became the first part of the Norwegian railway network, after the Ofoten Line, to be centrally controlled.

[43] The increase in service involved 15 departures per direction per day, and the travel time from Stavanger to Egersund was reduced from 80 to 55 minutes.

This resulted in the company introducing a similar service between Trondheim and Innherred, the Trøndelag Commuter Rail, in 1993.

[50] In 1997, NSB announced that they would order 36 new electric multiple units, which would among other things replace the aging trains on the Jæren Commuter Rail.

To further increase capacity and regularity, the Norwegian National Rail Administration decided to rebuild the section from Stavanger to Sandnes to double track.

At the same time, a new freight terminal was to be built at Ganddal, meaning that the section would only have to be shared with intercity trains.

[10] From April to November 2009, the section from Ganddal to Stavanger was closed while the last part of the upgrade was completed.

[61] An alternative to several of the options is a light rail, which may or may not be built as a tram-train, which would use parts of the existing double track between Stavanger and Sandnes.

It is possible to operate the trains that currently terminate at Sandnes to Ålgård without new infrastructure investments to the Sørland Line.

However, the line would need a full upgrade, including new tracks, electric system and signaling.

Proposed stations include the airport, Solakrossen, Forus West, Statoil's head office and possibly the shopping center Kvadrat.

[61] Plans have been made that would either double or triple the frequency on all the services on the existing commuter rail network.

However, several shorter parts need to be rebuilt to allow this, particularly between Egersund and Ogna, and from Bryne to Ganddal.

With the opening of the Sørland Line, the station was moved 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) north of the city center.

[67] Rogaland County Municipality is in the planning process of building a light rail in Greater Stavanger.