It serves the north-western suburb and town of Kyneton, in Victoria, Australia.

[2][3] The station is served by V/Line Bendigo, Echuca and Swan Hill line trains, with some peak-hour services to and from Melbourne terminating here.

The disused Carlsruhe railway station is located between Kyneton and Woodend.

A demolished station was located at Redesdale Junction, between Kyneton and Malmsbury.

[2][3][4] The station was upgraded as part of the Regional Fast Rail project in 2005, with the platforms re-aligned, the manual interlocking frame and level crossing gates decommissioned, and remote-controlled computer-based signalling provided.