It was established close to the Nikkilä manor, and due to its influence, a village started to form between the station and the road leading to the Sipoo church.

[2] The Finnish State Railways ceased operating passenger trains on the Porvoo line in 1981, and freight services were discontinued in June 1990.

[2] In December 2018, as part of a pilot initiative by the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency, a new platform built entirely out of timber was constructed in Nikkilä.

The FTIA has expressed willingness to build more wooden platforms elsewhere in Finland, should the Nikkilä trial be successful.

The Helsinki region MAL 2019 plan (Finnish: Maankäyttö, asuminen ja liikenne; "land use, living and transport") states that extending services back into Nikkilä is possible by 2030, should the areas of the municipalities of Kerava and Sipoo develop as expected.