[1][2] When the Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company constructed the line, it proposed that the station be built on the northern side of Little River.

However, the company had trouble negotiating with the relevant land owner, so the first station was located on the south side of the river.

The former platform mound of that station was finally removed in 1994, when the Western standard gauge line was being constructed.

Features of note include the basement holding cells and the Victorian Railways plaques on the station gables.

[4][5] The buildings layouts have changed over the years, as shown in the State Library drawings,[6][7] and they are listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.