It is located 24 kilometres (15 mi) from Oslo Central Station on the Østfold Line, at the point where the railway splits in two into an eastern and western line.

[1] The restaurant at the station was taken over by Norsk Spisevognselskap on 1 January 1921, but leased to private operators.

After an agreement with Norwegian State Railways, Spisevognselskapet renovated the restaurant and took over operations again on 1 January 1924.

[2] In the mid 1990s, the Østfold Line between Ski to Moss was upgraded to a double-track and 160-kilometre-per-hour (100 mph) operation.

Plans to build a new parallel double track from Ski to Oslo, the Follo Line, were proposed by the Norwegian National Rail Administration.