The station has been listed by the National Trust of Australia as being of state-level significance, and is on the Victorian Heritage Register.

It was a dead-end terminus, located on the site of the present law courts complex.

[7] In 1988, the station received a more significant upgrade,[8] which included new passenger waiting areas and booking offices.

A locomotive depot remains to the north, and carriage stabling sidings are to the west.

After the opening of the Regional Rail Link, three times as many services were run, requiring trains to cross at Geelong on a regular basis.