[1] Crowes station was opened on 20 June 1911, as part of the extension of the Colac to Beech Forest Narrow-gauge railway.

A four-chain curve beyond the yard ended with a standard narrow-gauge buffer stop in front of a huge tree stump.

[4] A 12' x 20' "portable" station building was provided to replace the earlier ones, but it only housed bunks for the train crew staying overnight.

Mixed trains often served the few passengers that ventured to Crowes, but they were inconvenient as goods trucks had to be shunted at each station, drastically increasing travel time.

There were proposals for the line to be further extended as far as Princetown on the Great Ocean Road, with surveys being carried out as far as Wangerrip, or "Colac Tree Station".