It handles 2 Rajdhani Express The station was introduced as the Panvel–Diva railway line, serving as rail freight transport in 1962 and was used for cargo services.

In 2007, the Central Railways ministries had proposed to develop a terminus, serving the inbound and outbound long distance express trains.

[14] The planned stations between the route including Seawoods Darave, Sagar Sangam, Targhar, Bamandongri, Kharkopar, Gavhan, Shematikhar, Nhava Sheva, Dronagiri and Uran with a length of 27 kilometres (17 mi), will be developed in the first phase of the project in 2017.

[16] In 2006, the Central Railways ministries had proposed the shuttle train services between Karjat station and Panvel.

[5] In October 2015, the shuttle train services were started between Diva station and Panvel on the trial basis.

Due to the establishment of shuttle train services, the commuters from the New Panvel can travel directly to Diva.

[17][18] A new shuttle train service is going to be commissioned between Panvel and Bhiwandi / Vasai / Virar stations which is a 70 km project.

[20][21] In June 2014, it was announced that the Panvel–Karjat route will get track extension under the phase 3 of the Mumbai Urban Transport Project scheme with an expenditure of ₹1,809 crore (US$210 million).

[22] In February 2015, MVRC approved the extension of tracks with an expenditure of ₹2,024 crore (US$230 million); reducing the distance of the route to 78 kilometres (48 mi).

In August 2015, NMMT and Panvel City Municipal Corporation (PCMC) had implemented to start the bus services serving the three major parts of the city from the station, including Sai Nagar, Uran Naka and Palaspa Phata.