Midland station was opened on 8 October 1968 by Minister for Transport & Railways Ray O'Connor as a replacement for Midland Junction station when the main Eastern Railway was being converted to dual gauge.

Initially, a separate platform was provided for the standard gauge line approximately 150 metres away to the west.

[9] The relocation of the station was required to accommodate the extension to Bellevue, where a new railcar manufacturing facility is located.

[10][11] A multi-storey car park with over 600 bays and a 12 stand bus interchange will be built at the location of the current station.

The station has a single through-running standard gauge platform served by Transwa's AvonLink, MerredinLink and Prospector services,[17][18] and two narrow gauge bay platforms used by Transperth Midland line services.