The station will include a bus interchange with 14 stands,[2][3] and approximately 400 car parking spaces.

The station is situated approximately 200 metres (660 ft) east of the Regional Resource Recovery Centre (RRRC) operated by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council (SMRC), is adjacent to the northern boundary of the City of Canning Recycling and Waste Disposal Facility on the site of its former rubbish tip,[4] and is approximately 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) east of the former Leeming rubbish tip.

[5][6][7] There is a "significant history of odour complaints associated with the [nearby] RRRC since operations first commenced in early 2003,"[8]: 22  and as recently as 2016 it was "fined $50,000 for emitting unreasonable odours, and having to pay $130,000 in costs to" the Department of Environment Regulation after being convicted of "emitting an odour that unreasonably interfered with the welfare, convenience, comfort or amenity of a number of members of the Leeming residential community.

"[9] Despite being given an ultimatum 13 years ago of "six months to fix the odour issue or risk closure"[10] following years of complaints from the community and an action group formed by the community, and the SMRC having made "substantial improvements to its systems at the RRRC since 2012",[9] odour issues from the facility continue to impact on the surrounding population, and given that as recently as July 2024 the familiar stench was present in the Spudshed carpark in Jandakot it can be expected to be a problem for Ranford Road station.

[2] 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.