[4] Initially opened as North Coburg, the station was given its current name of Merlynston on 6 February 1922.

[4] The locality was named by Donald Bain who, in 1919, purchased 31 hectares of land to be subdivided into a housing estate.

[5][6] In 1948, flashing light signals were provided at the Boundary Road level crossing, in the down direction from the station.

[7] In November 1998, the level crossing at Shorts Road, south of the station, was closed,[8] and a dead-end street was created on either side of the railway line.

[14] Platform 1: Platform 2: Broadmeadows Bus Service operates two routes via Merlynston station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: Dysons operates one bus route via Merlynston station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: