Initially opened as Edom, the station has been renamed three times: to Bayswater on 1 September 1881, Spottiswoode on 1 October of that year, and Spotswood on 1 August 1905.[5]
History
As with the suburb it serves, the station was named after John Stewart Spottiswoode, who purchased land in the area in 1841.[6]
Over the years, a number of sidings were provided for businesses in the area. In 1914, a branch line was opened at the down end of the station to the Newport Power Station, in addition to a number of other sidings serving oil terminals in the area. A siding at the up end of the station served the Australian Glass Manufacturers factory, and was used to receive sand trains from Koala Siding (near Nyora on the South Gippsland line). The last sand train operated on 15 January 1998,.[7]
In 1994, a number of alterations occurred at the station, including the removal of a crossover at the down end, as well as the overhead wire for siding "K", the connections for siding "K" and the oil sidings, and a number of points and signals.[4]
There is a disused signal box at the up end of Platform 1, which was decommissioned on 12 August 2001,[9] along with the removal of the crossover at the up end, a number of dwarf signals, and a siding.[5] In 2007, the remains of some sidings that ran along public roads in the area were removed by Hobsons Bay Council.[5]
On 26 October 2022, the Level Crossing Removal Project announced that the level crossing would be grade separated by 2030, with the railway line likely to be rebuilt over the road, including a new station.[10][11]
Stations and services in italics are planned or under construction
Stations in (parentheses) are uncommon stops for the listed service
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