Between 26 January 1942 and 6 February 1942, fourteen trains were modified to become ambulance trains, which carried returning wounded World War II servicemen from Melbourne to Heidelberg, where ambulances were waiting to take them to the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital.

[7] In 1992, the station received an enclosed waiting area and ticket facilities, as part of the "Travel Safe" program of the early 1990s.

4") was relocated from the Melbourne side of the station to the car-park opposite Platform 1, for display purposes.

[8] At the 2016-17 Victorian State Budget, $140.2 million was allocated to duplicate the single-track between Heidelberg and Rosanna, which included a second rail tunnel alongside the existing one.

[12] Platform 1: Platform 2: Dysons operates three bus routes via Heidelberg station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: Kinetic Melbourne operates one SmartBus route via Heidelberg station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: Ventura Bus Lines operates one route to and from Heidelberg station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: