It was opened on 5 April 1964 as part of the first stretch of Metro 2, between T-Centralen and Fruängen.

Nowadays, the facilities of the factory have been taken over by the Swedish University College of Arts, and there are plans to build a design center close to the station.

The area immediately east of the station is partially a construction site for new residential buildings, and plans to reconstruct the underground station as well as the whole area of Telefonplan are well developed.

There were plans to build two skyscrapers named Tellus Towers, which would have had an entrance from the metro station.

The station also serves the inhabitants of Västberga, and buses to closely situated to Solberga and Älvsjö start from here.