It is located on the North Clyde Line between Helensburgh Central and Cardross, 23 miles 18 chains (37.4 km) west of Glasgow Queen Street (High Level), measured via Singer and Maryhill.

[3] West Highland Line trains used to call here but no longer do following the closure of the upper platforms.

There were once goods sidings located in here, built in the 1940s, but these were removed in 1964 with the end of regular local freight workings.

[6] The track layout at Craigendoran Junction was simplified in 1984 under the auspices of British Rail, singling the line to Helensburgh Central.

On weekdays and Saturdays, there is a typically half-hourly service westbound to Helensburgh Central, and eastbound to Edinburgh Waverley, via Glasgow Queen Street low-level and Airdrie, which skips stations between Dalmuir and Hyndland.