The station was opened on 7 January 2007 and is served by the local trains Trøndelag Commuter Rail by SJ Norge.

It is located 0.94 km from Trondheim Central Station and at 6 meters above sea level.

The station serves the areas of Nedre Elvehavn and Nyhavna.

This includes dense residential areas and large workplaces including DnB NOR, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte and Teekay Petrojarl in addition to Solsiden shopping mall and the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art, part of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

After Trondheims Mekaniske Verksted was closed, an urban renewal program was initiated on the site at Nedre Elvehavn, with the first steps being finished in 2003.