It serves the north-eastern suburb of Alphington, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

[4] Alphington station opened on 8 May 1888, when a railway line between Collingwood and Heidelberg was provided.

[4] Like the suburb itself, the station was named after Alphington in Devon, England, which was the birthplace of Sir William Manning, who subdivided his property in the area into a village.

[4] In 1966, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Yarralea Street level crossing, located at the down end of the station.

[10] Platform 1: Platform 2: Dysons operates one bus route via Alphington station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: Media related to Alphington railway station at Wikimedia Commons