[3] St Peters station opened on 15 October 1884 as part of the construction of the Illawarra line to Hurstville.

St Peters was one of the more substantial stations of the eight built in 1884 reflecting the importance of the locality for industry and residential development.

[3] In 1887, Josiah Gentle moved the Bedford Brickworks (established 1877 in Alexandria) to St Peters (located opposite the station on land which is now Sydney Park).

The CityRail Clearways Project envisaged reviving this plan, with stopping trains serving only the newly completed western platforms.

[3][5] In 2021, proposed upgrades to the station were announced, involving the addition of new lifts, canopies and pedestrian pathways.

Transport for NSW has indicated that the station will fully switch to T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra services at an unspecified future date.

[8] Transdev John Holland operates one bus route via St Peters station, under contract to Transport for NSW: Transit Systems operates two bus routes via St Peters station, under contract to Transport for NSW: St Peters station is served by two NightRide routes: St. Peters Railway Station is located on the Princes Highway (aka King Street) near the intersection with Sydney Park Road, to the west of the Princes Highway rail overbridge.

[3] Located on the footbridge, the overhead booking office is extensively altered and includes a fibro ticket office with a hipped corrugated steel roof and a small fibro shop, also with a hipped corrugated steel roof, and a modern awning structure.

Brick retaining walls are a significant part of the heritage as the railway builders sought to locate lines in restricted space without resuming too much property.

[3] St Peters railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.

The steel footbridge and stairs have historical association with the renowned engineering firm Dorman Long & Co. which designed and manufactured these structures.

[3] The place is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales.

[3] The 1914 haunched beam steel footbridge structure and stairs designed and manufactured by renowned engineers Dorman Long & Co is of aesthetic/technical significance as a well designed engineering structure of this period and for its decorative features such as stair railings and star pattern newel posts.

[3] The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.

[3] The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a class of cultural or natural places/environments in New South Wales.

[3] This Wikipedia article contains material from St Peters Railway Station Group, entry number 01250 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 2 June 2018.