[5] The station served a new Housing Commission estate that had been constructed for people who were displaced after World War II.

[7] On 31 December 1956, an incident involving Swing Door driving trailer 10D and motor 155ABM occurred at the station after 10D, which was the leading car of the 16:29 service from Camberwell, overshot the platform and crashed into a timber buffer at the down end of the platform.

[8][9] 10D derailed in the incident as it pushed down on the buffer, before lifting upwards and coming to a stop leaning on an angle and a few metres away from a stanchion.

[8][9] During the 2011/2012 financial year, it was the 8th least used station on Melbourne's metropolitan network, with 153,000 passenger movements.

[11] Platform 1: The Outer Circle Trail for cyclists and walkers continues along the Outer Circle alignment after Alamein as far as Gardiners Creek and the Malvern Valley Public Golf Course.