It opened on 8 June 2010 with service to OR Tambo International Airport.

[1] The surrounding area is mainly residential and includes the well-known township of Alexandra.

One of the major aims of the Gautrain project is to reduce car dependency and its associated congestion through transit-oriented development (TOD).

Further, the TOD plan subdivides the Marlboro precinct into a number of areas, in particular Frankenwald and the Far East Bank.

As the station is the last before the north–south line to Pretoria and the Airport Line to OR Tambo International Airport split, a cross-platform interchange is facilitated by the use of an island platform.