[4] Beaconsfield station opened on 1 December 1879, just over two years after the railway line from Dandenong was extended to Pakenham.

[4] The station gets its name from statesman Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between 1874 and 1880.

In mid December 2020, a further expansion of an additional car-park of 150 spaces was completed on state-owned land.

[10][11] In November 2023, major construction started on the project to remove the Station Street/Goff Street level crossing.

Ventura Bus Lines operates two routes via Beaconsfield station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: