The station was opened on 1 December 1866 by the Caledonian Railway.

The goods yard and the carriage sidings were to the west.

A new station opened on the Blackwood Junction to Alton Heights Junction line on 1 July 1905[1] and this station closed to passengers, but it stayed open to goods traffic until 1961.

The second station opened on 1 July 1905 by the Caledonian Railway, replacing the first site.

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