It serves the southern suburb of Kangaroo Flat, in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.

[6] The Regional Fast Rail project in 2005 saw the line towards Melbourne singled south of the station.

[7] Following a community-led campaign for better services in Bendigo's southern growth corridor, an upgrade of the station was announced in February 2008, involving the construction of a new booking office, a 50-bay car park and bus interchange, and the refurbishment of the waiting room.

On 15 February 2017, V/Line VLocity set VL34 derailed after colliding with a vehicle that had been abandoned on the line near Kangaroo Flat.

Platform 1 is used by almost all V/Line Bendigo, Echuca and Swan Hill line services travelling in both directions.