It is located at the intersection of Mill St East and Eastern Avenue, adjacent to the Old Hide House.

[2] The previous station building near this site in Acton had been constructed in 1908 by the Grand Trunk Railway[3] with the origin of the line dating back to 1856.

[4] The line ultimately became part of the Canadian National Railway system and regular service to the town was discontinued in 1967.

The new Acton station was approved as part of the Georgetown-to-Kitchener Extension Environmental Assessment in 2009.

[5] In November 2010, a partial rollout of this plan was announced to be in place by late 2011.