The modern station platform, built around 1961, replaced a highly acclaimed 1881 depot building designed by H. H. Richardson.

[3] A second track was added in 1839, and in 1843 the railroad began offering season fares for around $60, making it one of the first commuter rail systems.

[3] Beginning in 1881, the Boston & Albany began a massive improvement program that included the building of over 30 new stations along its main line as well as the Highland branch, which it bought in 1883.

[11] As with a number of other stations on the line, Frederick Law Olmsted designed the landscaping, which included large trees, shrubs, and Japanese ivy.

[9][10][11] A replica of the station, still standing, was built by the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway in 1911 in Orchard Park, New York.

Auburndale, West Newton, and Newtonville stayed in service, but with extremely diminished facilities – bare asphalt platforms with simple metal shelters.

In the future, the station is planned to be rebuilt with a high-level platform and elevators or ramps to street level to meet ADA guidelines.

It includes a full-length high-level platform on the north side of the tracks, with ramps to provide an accessible route to the village center.

[17] Although the improved access to the village center was popular with residents, the new station design was criticized by transit advocates because it would likely degrade service on the line.

[18] A new set of accessibility plans, with all three Newton stations receiving identical new platforms on the north side, were announced in 2019.