Established as a flag stop in 1928, it saw limited traffic, with only 28 daily boarding and disembarking passengers in 2008.

Langnes was established as a flag stop in 1928, when the Norwegian State Railways introduced flag stops at a large number of intersections along the Eastern Østfold Line in order to compete better with bus and truck services.

[1] The moving involved building a new platform and shed, which was situated on the other side of the tracks as before.

Participating factors was that any expansion of the station and any new parking spaces would have to be taken from agricultural land.

Access was available via a gravel road, with limited sign posting which made it difficult to find.