The station is within the Central line of the İZBAN network, with trains running north to Menemen and Aliağa; and south to Alsancak, Cumaovası and Tepeköy.

[2] A second-track was added to Ulukent in 1995, when TCDD extended its double-track section from Çiğli to Menemen to connect to the newly built Menemen-Aliağa railway.

[3] Ulukent remained as a stop on the line until 1999, when plans to expand the station as part of the new Aliağa-Menderes railway corridor were put forward.

Ulukent became the northern rail head in İzmir in 2008, due to the construction of the Karșıyaka railway tunnel.

[11][12] With the opening of the system, intercity trains bypassed the station, with only the İzmir to Uşak regional continuing to stop there for a few more years.