The station building, designed by Karel Hendrik van Brederode, was completed in 1865 and expanded in 1904.

Train services started on 1 May 1868 and have since been provided by Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen (1868–1937), Nederlandse Spoorwegen (1938–2000), NoordNed (2000–2005), and Arriva (2005–present).

There is a park and ride area for cars and bicycles, and a bus station with nine regional services provided by Qbuzz.

The railway station is located at the Stationsweg in the city of Winschoten, part of the municipality of Oldambt, in the east of the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands.

[3] Trains were initially operated by the Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen (Company for the Exploitation of the State Railways).

[1] From 1938 to 2000, train services were provided by the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Netherlands Railways), when the Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen merged with the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij (Hollandic Iron Railroad Company).

NoordNed, a joint venture of the Nederlandse Spoorwegen and Arriva, provided the railway services to and from Winschoten between 2000 and 2005.

[26] In the 1904 expansion, an enclosed porch was added and the east wing was extended with an extra waiting room.

[24] The platforms have shelters, wheelchair ramps, tactile paving and dynamic passenger information.

[28] There is a tunnel for cyclists and pedestrians underneath the tracks and platforms to the south side of the city.

[28] The company Qbuzz, a subsidiary of Nederlandse Spoorwegen, has the concession for bus transport in the provinces of Groningen and Drenthe until 2019.