It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Northcote in Victoria, Australia.

Croxton is a ground-level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms.

It opened on 8 October 1889, with the current station provided in the 1973/74 fiscal year.

[4] On 3 July 1972, the former station building on Platform 1 was damaged by fire, with the waiting room and toilets destroyed.

[6] During the 1973/1974 financial year, the present station buildings were provided.