It is served by Sydney Trains' T8 Airport & South Line services.

East Hills station opened on 21 December 1931 when the line was extended from Kingsgrove.

[3] It served as the terminus of the line until it was extended to Glenfield on 21 December 1987.

A new centre turnback at Revesby opened in 2009 as part of the Rail Clearways Program, which ended East Hills' role as the primary intermediate terminus.

Transit Systems NSW operates one bus route via East Hills station, under contract to Transport for NSW: U-Go Mobility operates three bus routes via East Hills station, under contract to Transport for NSW: East Hills station is served by one NightRide route: