The travel time by train to Stockholm City or Nynäshamn is approximately 30 minutes.

The construction altered local roads, with Klockargatan being rerouted parallel to the railway before crossing it via a pedestrian path with a turnstile.

The original station building was designed by architect Ferdinand Boberg and featured a distinctive yellow wooden facade with a "fish scale" panel design.

[2] During the mid and late 1990s, the station underwent renovations, including an expanded rail yard, direct connections between buses and trains, a platform accessible via a pedestrian tunnel that also helped connectivity between western and eastern Västerhaninge, new station buildings on the side platform and at the pedestrian and bicycle tunnel, as well as heated waiting areas on the platforms.

[3] Adjacent to the station is a bus terminal with direct transfers between trains and buses.