It serves the eastern suburb of Kooyong, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

[4] Kooyong station opened on 24 March 1890, when the railway line from Burnley was extended to Eastmalvern.

[5] Like the suburb itself, the station was named after an Indigenous word meaning either 'camp', 'resting place' or 'haunt of the wild fowl'.

[4] A signal box is located at the up end of Platform 2, to control the Glenferrie Road tramway crossing.

In 1985, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at this crossing.