It is located on the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge Bever–Scuol-Tarasp line of the Rhaetian Railway.

It is an important station located on the northwestern edge of the village of Zernez at 1471 m. All trains that serve part or all of the Engadine line stop in Zernez[4] and it is also connected by Postbus services over the Fuorn Pass and through the Val Müstair to Müstair, Santa Maria and Mals in Italy, where it connects in turn to the Merano–Mals railway to Merano and Bolzano.

In summer, additional post buses run to Davos Platz.

Freight trains containing swap bodies regularly run to Zernez, from where they are transported by truck to the Val Müstair.

[5] As of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Zernez:[6]