[7][8] The journey to Flinders Street railway station is approximately 7.3 kilometres (4.5 mi) and takes 14 minutes.

The station is located nearby to the High Street shopping precinct and the heritage listed Kings Arcade.

Distinct Edwardian architectural features of the red brick station buildings include ornate parapets, cement banding, tall chimneys with terracotta pots, tiled hip roof with terracotta finials, and stucco walls.

Like the suburb itself, the station was named after Armadale House the residence of former premier and attorney-general James Munro.

[14] The first station buildings were opened on the site between 1881 and 1883 to coincide with the duplication of track between the city and Oakleigh.

The current station was constructed in 1914 to provide improved and additional facilities to what had become an increasingly busy and important location on the train network.

In 2021, resignalling works occurred to upgrade the corridor to high capacity signalling as part of the Metro Tunnel project.

Located next to the station entrance on 14 Cheel Street is a class A2 heritage listed single-storey Edwardian-era shop.

The route 6 tram service operates from nearby High Street up towards the city and down towards Glen Iris.

[7] The station also connects to the route 605 bus service from Gardenvale to the Melbourne CBD (on Queen Street).