A number of services terminate at Riversdale after the morning and evening peaks and return to Camberwell for stabling.

[5] O'Grady named it after the fact that the road leads to the valley of the Yarra River.

The duplication to Camberwell included a flyover for the down line, which crosses over the Belgrave and Lilydale lines,[4][7][8] and the replacement of hand gates with boom barriers at the Prospect Hill Road level crossing, located nearby in the up direction of the station.

[9] The level crossing at Riversdale Road, located at the down end of the station, features unusual manually-operated boom barriers, which are controlled by a signal box.

The boom barrier arms are divided into two sections, so as not to make contact with the overhead tram wires.