 In February 2016, the government announced the station would reopen in 2019.The Victorian State Government announced in its 2016–2017 budget funding to provide 8 km of duplicated track between South Morang and Mernda stations, a rebuilt station at Mernda with 1,000 car parking spaces, and an additional station to be built near Marymede Catholic College.This extension opened 26 August 2018

Mernda has one island platform with two faces.