 On 23 April 1888 a landslide hit the station, with of track—three wide and including the main Rørosbanen line—was washed into the sea.The slide was caused by the seabed sinking about seven meters, and it was followed by several smaller slides.In 1910, the Parliament of Norway announced a competition for the redesign of the station since it had been decided that the Dovre Line would be built to Trondheim, including the line from Støren to Trondheim being converted to standard gauge.