It is located 2 km west of the town of Zikhron Ya'akov.

The station was constructed by Palestine Railways on its main line which ran from Haifa to Kantarah in Egypt.

Since the 2000s, recommencement of passenger service at Zikhron Yaakov railway station had been considered for inclusion into each of the Israel Railways five-year development plans, but has so far not received approval by the railway authorities, despite several public petitions.

[2][3] The historic station building is still owned and maintained by Israel Railways; for some time in the 2010s, it had housed a café.

[4] Also in the 2010s, a large shopping center and a multiplex movie theater was built next to the station, serving the surrounding region which is mostly rural in character.