The Melling Line is expected to close for up to eighteen months from early 2025 to enable the RiverLink flood protection project to proceed.

The new station erected at the same time was about 100m closer to Wellington to avoid a level crossing at the Melling Link Road over the Hutt River.

[8] The proposed Melling Interchange also involves flood protection work, and will be completed by 2026 (in 2019 the project had been put "on hold").

[9][10] Since the introduction of the Matangi EMUs in 2010, two have crashed into the stop block at the north end of the platform.

In the first incident, on 15 April 2013, nine passengers and 2 crew were aboard the 7:50 am train that hit the stop block in a low-speed collision.