[4][5] Yarraville station opened twelve years after the line from Footscray was extended to Newport.

[4] Like the suburb itself, the station was named after the Yarraville real estate development, which was promoted by Biers, Henningham & Co. Land sales began in 1859.

[8] In 1970, an overpass replaced a level crossing at nearby Somerville Road[4] and, in 1991, the goods yard was removed.

[5] Interlocked crossing gates, controlled from a signal box at the down end of Platform 1, protected the Anderson Street level crossing until 1995, when the gates were fixed in the open position and replaced by boom barriers, leading to the closure of the signal box the next year.

[11][12] Platform 1: Platform 2: CDC Melbourne operates one bus route to and from Yarraville station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: Transit Systems Victoria operates two bus routes to and from Yarraville station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: