[7][8][9] The journey to Flinders Street railway station is approximately 6.5 kilometres (4.04 mi) and takes 11 minutes.

The station is located nearby to the Beatty Avenue shopping precinct, Orrong Romanis Reserve, and Toorak Park.

The platforms are approximately 160 metres (524.93 ft) long, enough for a Metro Trains 7 car HCMT.

Distinct Edwardian architectural features of the red brick station buildings include ornate parapets, cement banding, tall chimneys with terracotta pots, tiled hip roof with terracotta finials, and stucco walls.

[4] Like the adjacent suburb itself, the station was named after Toorak House, built by merchant James Jackson in 1849.

[17] The first station buildings were opened on the site between 1881 and 1883 to coincide with the duplication of track between the city and Oakleigh.

[4] The current station was constructed in 1914 to provide improved and additional facilities to what had become an increasingly busy and important location on the train network.

[19] In 1977, a former goods siding and associated point work were permanently closed before being removed due to limited use.

In 2021, resignalling works occurred to upgrade the corridor to high capacity signalling as part of the Metro Tunnel project.

[21] In the mid-2010s, rezoning by Stonnington Council allowed for higher density development next to Toorak station.