[4] Diggers Rest opened on 2 October 1859, eight months after the railway line from Sunshine was extended to Sunbury.

[4] Like the suburb itself, the station was named after the fact that the area was used as a resting place for prospectors travelling to Bendigo during the Victorian gold rush.

In 1928, interlocked gates were provided at the Calder Highway level crossing, located at the down end of the station, and were replaced with boom barriers in 1982.

[10] On 18 November 2012, the station was added to the metropolitan network, when the line between Watergardens and Sunbury was electrified.

Sunbury Bus Service operates two routes via Diggers Rest station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: