It is not fully accessible due to steep ramps and a lack of tactile paving.

Since November 2023, the station has been temporarily closed for construction of the Victoria Park-Canning Level Crossing Removal Project and the Byford rail extension.

[2][3] The line and the station is owned by the Public Transport Authority (PTA), an agency of the Government of Western Australia.

Seaforth station is not fully accessible due to the ramps to the platforms being too steep and a lack of tactile paving.

[5][6] After a campaign by the South-East Gosnells Progress Association,[7][8] the station opened on 4 May 1948,[9][10] although it only had were low-level platforms[1] and no name, being originally referred to as a "stopping place".

[9][8] Later that month, the Gosnells Road Board passed a motion that the name "Seaforth" be suggested to the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR)[b][12] after the name of a local estate.

[17] Since 20 November 2023, the station has been temporarily closed for construction of the Victoria Park-Canning Level Crossing Removal Project and the Byford rail extension, which require that large sections of the Armadale line's track be rebuilt to be elevated.

[23] In 2018, City of Armadale Mayor Henry Zelones said that several hundred hectares of vacant land nearby had been set for high density development, which would increase patronage.