It is located at Kamerunga Road, Barron in Cairns (just across the boundary from the suburb of Freshwater).

[2] The Tablelands railway line was built to provide transport between the mines near Herberton and the Cairns Port.

[4] Shortly after the line was opened, further heavy rains damaged the approaches to the railway bridge over Freshwater Creek.

[7] The development of the railway line had encouraged land developers to release land subdivision called Richmond Park Estate which was sold from 1886 with advertising featuring the forthcoming Richmond Park railway station and its ten minute rail journey to Cairns; this explains the original name of the siding.

The work included extending the station platform to provide access to all 15 passager carriages on the Kuranda Scenic Rail service as well as improving bus and car parking facilities and additional facilities to assist disabled passengers.