As of 2020, the station is owned and operated by the SNCF and served by TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes trains.

The "station des Échets" was put into service by the Compagnie de la Dombes, on 1 September 1866, along with the opening of railway between Sathonay and Bourg-en-Bresse.

[4] A decree passed on 14 April 1922, awarded the médaille d'honneur des chemins de fer to Jean-Claude-Clément Coulon, the station boss.

[6] Classified as a PANG (point d'accès non géré), the station is unstaffed and equipped with automatic ticket dispensers.

[7] Bus lines 1 and 3 of the Côtière liberté réseau intercommunal (Colibri), serve the nearby gare des Échets stop.