Train services started on 1 January 1887 and have since been provided by Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen (1887–1937), Nederlandse Spoorwegen (1938–2000), NoordNed (2000–2005), and Arriva (2005–present).

The railway station is located at the Borgercompagniesterstraat (53°09′32″N 06°47′40″E / 53.15889°N 6.79444°E / 53.15889; 6.79444) in the village of Sappemeer in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands.

[1] Initially, the trains were operated by the Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen (Company for the Exploitation of the State Railways).

[1] In 1938, the Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen merged with the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij (Hollandic Iron Railroad Company) and became the train operator Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Netherlands Railways).

The double-track railway through Sappemeer is unelectrified and oriented west to east.