The station is on the Inverclyde line, 13 miles (21 km) west of Glasgow Central.

Bishopton is served by five services per hour (off-peak, Mon-Sat): four to/from Gourock, and one to/from Wemyss Bay with five per hour in the other direction to and from Glasgow Central (three limited stop expresses and two all stops locals).

The ROF line which was never electrified ran on to the transfer sidings a few yards west from the Bishopton station.

The link remained in-situ right up until closure of the factory but was little used after the early 1990s.

A passenger train from Glasgow to Greenock was leaving the station on the morning of 16 January 1855.