[8][9] Engineers choosing the alignment for the Illawarra railway line in the 1880s sought the shallow grades required by the steam locomotives of the time.

The future Albion Park station opened as Oak Flats on 9 November 1887 as part of the isolated Wollongong to Bombo (North Kiama) line.

In 1890 a weatherboard signal box was constructed between the 1887 platform building and 1887 out of room and in 1913 a siding was provided for the Central Co-operative Dairy Company factory, which still exists and was purchased by RailCorp in 1993.

A second platform, with awning and waiting shed, was constructed to provide a crossing point for trains and increase the line's capacity.

[8] Albion Park railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.

[8] The place is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales.

[8] The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.

[8] The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.

[8] The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a class of cultural or natural places/environments in New South Wales.

[8] This Wikipedia article contains material from Albion Park Railway Station Group, entry number 01072 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 2 June 2018.