It is in the Perth suburbs of Carlisle and East Victoria Park, and was predominantly served by Thornlie line services prior to its closure in November 2023.

[1][2] The station is along the South Western Railway, which links Perth and Bunbury,[3] and is owned by the Public Transport Authority (PTA).

[8][5] The surrounding area predominantly consists of low density residential development, although there is also the Carlisle Hotel and the Harold Hawthorne Community Centre.

[11] The Victoria Park Council sent a deputation to the commissioner of railways in July 1910, requesting that trains stop at Mint Street.

[12] According to a local resident, construction started on a station platform at Mint Street in September 1911 but stopped a few weeks thereafter.

[15] Names suggested for the station included Victoria Park East,[a] Haydon, Bickford, or Mint Street.

[10] The area surrounding the station was initially known as Bickford, but ratepayers voted in April or May 1919 to rename it Carlisle, after the town in England of the same name.

The first South West Metropolitan Railway Master Plan, published in 1999, therefore proposed a rebuild of Carlisle station.

The plan included rebuilding the station closer to the Mint Street/Archer Street level crossing with two side platforms.

Grade separating the Mint Street/Archer Street level crossing was not initially planned under Metronet,[27] but it was added due to federal funding in 2019.

Town of Victoria Park mayor Karen Vernon criticised the decision to go with an elevated railway, instead wanting it to be underground.

[31][32][33] It was announced in February 2022 that to build the elevated railway, the Armadale and Thornlie lines would have to shut down for 18 months.

The station will have two 150-metre (490 ft) long side platforms, to be accessed by lifts and stairs, with provisions for escalators in the future.

[7] Thornlie line trains stopped at the station every 15 minutes during the day from Monday to Saturday and every half an hour at night.