It is located along the Riihimäki–Tampere railway, and its neighboring stations are Turenki in the north and Riihimäki in the south.

The station enabled growth in Ryttylä, and it became site to various industries, including a brick factory.

Ryttylä's population was 1,300 in 1960, though its growth has diminished since, and it was instead Oitti that became the largest and most important urban area of Hausjärvi, similarly aided by its station along the Riihimäki–Saint Petersburg railway.

[2] Passenger services in Ryttylä were briefly suspended as of 1981; however, trains once again began to call at the station in 1982.

[3] Ryttylä is served by VR commuter rail lines R and D on the route Helsinki–Riihimäki–Hämeenlinna–Tampere.