[4] Elsternwick station was originally part of the Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway Company's network.

[5] In the 1880s, Elsternwick also functioned as the western end of the cross-suburban Rosstown Railway, which was built by entrepreneur William Murray Ross, mainly to serve the sugar beet processing mill that he had established, along with an adjoining residential estate in the locality he called Rosstown, now known as Carnegie.

[6][7][8] In 1992, the station was the first in Melbourne to receive the former Public Transport Corporation's teal, sunflower and white coloured station signage,[9] which has since been replaced with Public Transport Victoria branded blue signage.

[10] During 2002–2003, the ground-level station car-park was closed, with a residential/retail development built on it, as part of a deal under which a developer was given the land with the condition that a multi-storey car park, including a lift, was provided for passengers.

[11] Platform 1: Platform 2: CDC Melbourne operates two bus routes via Elsternwick station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: Kinetic Melbourne operates three routes via Elsternwick station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: Yarra Trams operates one route via Elsternwick Station SkyBus also operates a service to Melbourne Airport via Elsternwick station.