The station lay a significant distance from the village of Carronbridge, however it also served a large rural area of scattered farms and cottages.

It was renamed Carronbridge Station on 1 January 1871,[1] and closed to regular passenger traffic on 7 December 1953.

The 1898 OS map shows several freight sidings, a goods shed and a signal box at Carronbridge.

On Sunday 14 August 1966, the previous evening's 22:10 Glasgow Central – London Euston consisting of five seating coaches, eight sleeping cars and two parcels vans hauled by EE Type 4 locomotive No.

[3] The Durisdeer Parish War Memorial is located on the roadside, close to the entrance to the old station.