[2] The station was opened on 2 October 1880 for goods and on 21 December 1880 for all services including passengers.

Troupe had designed different types of station buildings based on numerous factors.

The original porter's and guard's sheds were added to the northern side of the station building.

[2] Passenger rail in New Zealand would start to decline from the 1920s following the introduction of affordable automobiles and in September of 1987 the station was decommissioned.

The windows of the 1912 building are timber and have double hung sashes and a mullion in the centre.

The new station opened on 2 November 2006, 125 years after the railway first reached Henderson.

In October 2024, work began to construct a third platform and additional tracks at the station.

There were objections that there would be confusion with Waitakere railway station, also on the Western Line.