The first was for it to run via Leira to Hamren and then down to Mære; this would cost 30,000 Norwegian krone extra and increased the railway's gradient.

[2] The reason for the alternatives was that there was local desire for the station to be located Lein, which at the time was the natural community center, as it had Nord-Trøndelag county's largest dairy and the store.

The initial council decision was to place the station at Kåberg or Hamrun, both at Sparbu, in addition to Vist.

However, in the session, a proposal for a single station at Mære was made and was passed by Parliament on 5 June 1900.

On 25 February 1904, the county engineer proposed moving the station from Sparbu to Mære, but this discarded after the construction difficulties were solved.

[5] Mære continued to be the dominant center of Sparbu, as it the following ten years saw both a penal institution and trial farm be established.

Coop established a store at Mære in 1922, which was followed by a power station, a bank and a cheese factory.

[6] Mære became part of the Trøndelag Commuter Rail from 1 September 1993, giving the station ten daily services in each direction between Steinkjer and Trondheim.