It serves the western suburb of Williamstown, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

[4] Arched bluestone road bridges were built over the cutting at Thompson and Cole Streets.

Until 1987, the line continued around the bend to the now closed and demolished Williamstown Pier.

Railway sidings, a signal box and weighbridge were once located opposite the station, but have been since removed,[5] with a portion of the goods yard out of use by 1965.

[8] During the 2013/2014 financial year, it was the 13th least used station on Melbourne's metropolitan network, with 164,000 passenger movements.