It is double tracked, has an island platform layout, and is 14.91 km from Wellington railway station, the southern terminus of the NIMT.
Two diesel-hauled carriage trains, the Capital Connection and the Northern Explorer, pass through the station but do not stop.
The line through Linden was electrified in June 1940 and double track from Tawa Flat to Porirua was completed on 15 December 1957.
[5][6] Deputations and letters to the minister in the 1930s were told that the time (for a station) was not yet ripe; though a petition in April 1939 got agreement after completion of electrification (in 1940), though delayed by the war.
This allowed the Linden shopping centre to be developed on Collins Avenue on both the east and west sides of the railway.
A feature of the overbridge was the high wooden sides to shelter pedestrians from the strong winds which are prevalent above Linden Station.
With the double tracking, barrier arms were installed for vehicular traffic on Collins Avenue and pedestrian cribs or zig-zags were provided.
From April to June 2014, the corroded steel overhead footbridge was refurbished and new lighting and signage provided.
In early January 2019, the pedestrian overbridge was closed when structural engineers found it was below the required seismic rating and was earthquake-prone.