Opened in 1907[1] served by trains between East Kilbride and Blantyre until 1924[2] and after used as an excursion platform for the Calderwood Estate pleasure grounds until closure in 1939[1] due to war time shortages.

In 1888 the line was extended eastwards to meet the Hamilton and Strathaven Railway at Hunthill Junction near High Blantyre (a locality which had a station, but just south of the junction meaning the new connecting line did not stop there) via an intermediate halt at Calderwood Glen with a timetabled services until 1924.

The East Kilbride and Blantyre extension never saw a great deal of traffic and passenger services were withdrawn during the 1914–18 war, with complete closure coming about as a result of WWII war shortages, after which the line was cut back to Nerston where it serviced local industries.

The estate and its castle, now demolished, became an early example of a country park, albeit non-statutory, and the station was built to serve it.

It lay to the east of the railway overbridge and a path from the road through an old quarry led to the platform and its shelter.