Located between Oakwood Crescent and Rossack Drive, the station was initially to be named Grovedale, but was renamed Waurn Ponds before opening.

In April 2013, the Victorian Government announced that a new station would be built at Waurn Ponds, to serve the nearby suburbs of Grovedale and Armstrong Creek.

[6][7] In 2020, the State Government announced an upgrade to the station, as part of the Regional Rail Revival project.

[8] As part of those works, the railway line between Waurn Ponds and South Geelong is being duplicated,[9] as well as the construction of a new maintenance and stabling facility.

[14] Waurn Ponds has two side platforms and is served by V/Line Geelong and Warrnambool line trains.