The station was built during the late 1940s, after first being promised in 1898, and after decades of campaigning by residents and the Bayswater Road Board.

Development of higher density buildings around Meltham station has been a contentious issue since the mid 2010s.

Meltham railway station is in the Perth suburb of Bayswater, Western Australia.

[9]: 179 [10] Bayswater and its surrounding suburbs' population surged following the end of World War II.

[9]: 207  Development occurred in Meltham Heights, and construction of the station there finally began in 1947.

[14] In 2016, the Public Transport Authority said that closing stations with low patronage was a possibility.

In 2017, City of Bayswater councillors voted against the Meltham precinct structure plan, which would have resulted in six-storey apartments on some roads near the station.

[22][23][24] Construction to add 100 bays to the northern carpark at Meltham station started in February 2020.

[28][29] Meltham railway station is served by the Midland, Airport, and Ellenbrook lines on the Transperth network.

[1] During the temporary closure of Bayswater station between March and October 2023, the CircleRoute bus route deviated via Meltham station to still allow for a train transfer, stopping at bus stops on Grand Promenade.

A free shuttle bus, route 44, operated between Meltham and Bayswater stations as well.