At the peak of operations, the yard had five roads, passenger and goods platforms, a goods shed, a 47-lever signal box, a cattle yard, an engine shed, a coal stage, and a turntable.

[2] There was also a short branch line to the Sale Wharf, as well as a number of industrial sidings in the area, serving cool stores, fuel depots, a gas works, a flour mill, woollen mills, and stockyards.

[2] After many years of discussions between the local council and rail authorities,[3] the station was relocated to a site outside the town in 1983, on a new section of track which linked the Melbourne and Stratford lines, without the need to run in and out of the original station, which formed a rail triangle for a short period of time.

The goods facilities were first to be moved from the former station, which occurred on 28 September 1983,[4] using part of the Sale – Stratford line as the base of the yard.

[7] Platform 1: Little's Gippsland Coaches operates two routes via Sale station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: