The platforms were extended in length in 1892 with the growth of the BWSR, enabling the construction of a large coal and goods yard with sidings for the adjacent Triplex factory.

The original station building survived, leased out for commercial purposes, until it was demolished in February 2006 for safety reasons.

Kings Norton is served by West Midlands Trains services, using Class 323 electric multiple units.

Kings Norton Station is equipped with real-time information departure boards which were installed in 2006 by Central Trains.

There is step-free access to platform 1 (for trains towards Birmingham New Street) from the ticket office entrance.

The station is served by West Midlands Trains with local Transport for West Midlands branded "Cross-City" services, operated using Class 323 Electric multiple units (EMUs)[14] until September 2024 and currently by Class 730 EMUs.

[20] Kings Norton Station has been used, along with many other areas of Birmingham, as a location in the BBC daily serial Doctors (for example in an episode first broadcast on 9 November 2011).