It serves the north-eastern suburb of Montmorency, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

[5] Montmorency station opened twenty-one years after the railway line from Heidelberg was extended to Hurstbridge.

[6][7] In the lead-up to the 2018 state election, the opposition Liberal Party promised A$300m to duplicate the line between Greensborough and Eltham, and provide Montmorency with a second platform.

[8] On 15 May 2019, the Level Crossing Removal Project announced that planning for the duplication of 3 kms of track between Greensborough and Eltham was underway.

Final designs of the new station were released on 9 February 2021,[9] with early work of the project commencing in late 2021, with major construction started in 2022.