The station will include a bus interchange with 7 stands,[2] and 1,000 car parking spaces.

[3] The station will be at-grade, with pedestrian and bicycle access from a new shared path along Canna Drive or via the Nicholson Road underpass, and vehicle and bus access from Tulloch Way and Panama Street.

[3] Approximately 2,350 daily boardings are predicted at Nicholson Road railway station in 2031.

[5]: viii Construction of the station started in 2020,[3] with first trains expected to run in mid-2025.

[6] At the 2021–22 State Budget, it was announced that the Thornlie–Cockburn link had been deferred by 12 months, as a result of Western Australia's skills shortage.