The line through here was opened by the North British Railway company in 1874 on its route from to Queens Dock, on the northern bank of the River Clyde (the Stobcross Railway) but the station itself is on a new site, the line having originally been built for freight traffic.
The track was lifted in 1987/8, but the formation was kept intact and this made the eventual reinstatement of the line as part of the branch reopening project in 2005 [REF].