Complex sentence: It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of South Yarra opening on 22 December 1860 as Gardiners Creek Road, being renamed South Yarra on 1 January 1867.
Split into simpler sentences: It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of South Yarra. The station was opened on 22 December 1860 as Gardiners Creek Road, and was renamed South Yarra on 1 January 1867.