[1] In the late 20th century Raymond Butt claimed that this station opened on Sunday 28 February 1909.

When the station opened on 1 July 1879, it allowed Caledonian Railway trains from Edinburgh and Lanarkshire, which had previously terminated at Southside to reach Bridge Street, to connect with trains for Greenock and Wemyss Bay, with through carriages being provided from Edinburgh to stations on the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway and Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway.

[1] These continued to terminate at Bridge Street even after Central Station had opened on 1 August 1879.

[3] On 19 March 1883, there was a collision between two trains at Eglinton Street station in which four people died and many more were injured.

The East Kilbride train had left Central on time and had a clear signal to proceed.