[5] Initially opened as South Brighton, the station was given its current name of Moorabbin on 1 May 1907.

[5] Moorabbin station opened on 19 December 1881, when the railway line from Caulfield was extended to Mordialloc.

[5] Like the suburb itself, the station's name was derived from an Indigenous word meaning 'mother's milk'.

[12] In 2014, the Station Street entrance and the bus interchange was re-built, as part of an upgrade program on the Frankston line.

Two morning peak-hour services from Flinders Street terminated at Moorabbin and return to the city.