Upper Ferntree Gully is a ground level premium station, featuring an island platform with two faces.

Upper Ferntree Gully station opened on 4 December 1889, when the railway line from Ringwood was extended.

[4] However, the line as far as Belgrave was rebuilt as a broad gauge electrified railway, which opened on 18 February 1962.

On 4 August 1975, the name of the station was altered slightly to Upper Fern Tree Gully,[6] although in more recent times most references have reverted to the original name.

[4] In 1985, boom barriers were provided at the Hilltop Road level crossing, located nearby in the up direction of the station.