[2] The station is owned by the Norwegian National Rail Administration; it has parking for 15 cars, is unmanned and lacks a ticket machine.

[4] The station opened on 14 September 1907 as the terminus of the private Grimstad–Froland Line (GFB) which ran to Grimstad.

The station was from the opening owned by the Norwegian State Railways (NSB), who were in the process of building the Arendal–Åmli Line.

Originally, the station consisted of temporary platform, a roundhouse, a turntable with a 6.5-meter (21 ft) diameter and a coal shed.

[5] NSB built a station building designed by Paul Armin Due.

The outhouse was the same type as had been built at Flikkeid and at Urdland Station and has three places and a wood storage.

[8] In 1936, the Grimstad Line was converted to standard gauge and the turntable replaced with one with a 16-meter (52 ft) diameter.

NSB had a large shortage of motormen, and chose to close operations on the lines with least traffic to allocate sufficient personnel to areas with higher ridership.