[2] It is on the Ayrshire Coast Line, 32.5 miles (52.3 km) south west of Glasgow Central.

The station is an interchange for Caledonian MacBrayne ferry sailings to Brodick on the Isle of Arran.

The station is unstaffed and consists of a single platform and shelter, a short walk from the "CalMac" terminal building.

From the opening of the station, services generally only ran to connect with the CalMac sailings to Brodick.

A ferry, operated by Caledonian MacBrayne,[6] sails from Ardrossan Harbour to Brodick.