The station was part of the Ayr to Mauchline Branch of the Glasgow and South Western Railway.

[1] There was a line heading south from this station leading to Cumnock.

There was also a line that headed north west to join the former Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway just south of Monkton railway station.

The station then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways in 1948, only surviving three years into the nationalised era before closure to passengers by British Railways.

The line to the south is open as far as Drongan, serving the former Killoch Colliery.