It serves the north-western suburb and town of New Gisborne, in Victoria, Australia.

[2][3] Gisborne station opened on 8 July 1861, when the railway line was extended from Sunbury to Woodend.

[2] Like the town itself, the station was after Henry Fyshe Gisborne, who was Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Port Phillip District between 1839 and 1840.

[3] In 1994, the connection between siding "A" and a crossover, that was located at the up end of the station, was removed.

This is to allow services in the peak direction of travel to use the single 160 km/h track that was upgraded in 2006, as part of the Regional Fast Rail project.