The borough of Lerkendal was created in 2005 and consists of Lerkendal, Elgeseter, Nardo, Risvollan, Flatåsen, Moholt, Gløshaugen, Åsvang and Sjetnemarka.
The station opened on 1 December 1988 and is located in the immediate vicinity of the Gløshaugen campus of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, SINTEF and Rosenborg BK's home ground, Lerkendal Stadion.
After Marienborg, the main service branches off along the Stavne–Leangen Line to the terminus at Lerkendal, which serves the Gløshaugen campus of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and Lerkendal Stadion, the home ground of Rosenborg BK.