[5] The original single story brick station buildings, located on Platform 3, are listed on the Victorian Heritage Register and today function as the ticket and staff offices.

The station was reopened in January 2016 as part of a multimillion dollar redevelopment of the Eastland Shopping Centre, Ringwood Town Square and Railway Place.

[6][7] Ringwood station opened on 1 December 1882, when the railway line from Camberwell was extended to Lilydale.

In 2015, Ringwood was upgraded as part of the Eastland Shopping Centre 2015–2016 expansion (Stage 5), with the $66 million project completed in January 2016.

[17] On 16 October 1989, a Comeng and a Hitachi train set collided 500m east of the station, near the Bedford Road level crossing.

[18][19][20] On 7 December 1992, a Comeng set overshot the same siding as in the 1908 accident, with leading car 392M crashing into and stopping on top of the buffers, near the edge of the Wantirna Road bridge.

Platform 1: Platform 2: Platform 3: Kinetic Melbourne operates five bus routes via Ringwood station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: McKenzie's Tourist Services operates one bus route to and from Ringwood station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: Ventura Bus Lines operates three routes to and from Ringwood station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: V/Line operates one road coach service via Ringwood station: