The main station building, signal box and level crossing gates are listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.

[4] It was renamed in honour of a long-serving member of the State Parliament, James Jewell, who represented the Brunswick electorate from 1910 to 1949.

[4] In August 1998, the former level crossing at Barkly Street, at the up end of the station, was closed to vehicle traffic.

[7] In September of that year, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Union Street level crossing at the down end of the station.

[13] The decision to build two stations in different locations instead of rebuilding Jewell, Brunswick and Anstey generated significant criticism from residents and the local council.

Local newspaper Brunswick Voice reported that the Minister for Transport Infrastructure, Danny Pearson, claimed "the decision to build two stations followed 18 months of technical and engineering assessments which found fewer stations would boost capacity on the line in the future and deliver more open space", noting that "[the government claimed] the plan would also minimise the impact to heritage in the area, but [the politician] provided no detail about whether the three station buildings and the historic boom gate operators' cabins would be preserved".