When the railway line from Turku to Tampere (with the Toijala–Turku section serving as a part of the northward expansion for the Helsinki–Hämeenlinna line) was under planning in the 1860's, the engineer committee assigned by the senate proposed establishing the junction station at the parish of Akaa, but was soon changed to Viiala.

In the end, the railway line from Turku to Tampere was decided to be built via Toijala and the station was opened June 22, 1876.

[3] The original station building, thought to be designed by architect Knut Nylander was completed the same year and was expanded in 1913, 1925 and 1947.

[3] By the end of the 1910's, a community with a population of about 2 000 people was formed by the station and the industrial plants with schools, a pharmacy and a bank.

Out of all the tracks at Toijala railway station, four of them have a platform for passenger trains.