The station is located along the Dovre Line, and it is served by four daily express trains going in each direction to Oslo and Trondheim.

The facilities were too small, but it would be too costly to expand the station building to make a larger restaurant.

Plans were made by architect Gudmund Hoel and district manager von Krogh and approved on 27 October 1922.

Opdal turisthotell was a key, as it had an external and professional owner who operated both restaurants and hotels elsewhere.

[6] An application was denied by the municipal council ahead of the opening of the hotel in 1924, and again the following year.

[9] After the war, the hotel was renovated, including an all-new interior and furniture for the restaurant and saloons.

[7] In 1957, Architect Hugi Kohmann presented a model for three additions, two large two-story buildings and one eight-story.

Although supported by the hotel management, the board of Spisevognselskapet was split, and in the end only one of the two-story extensions were built and completed in 1962.