It has two platforms and is the location of one of the five passing loops on the single track line between Dalrymple Junction (south of Ayr) and Stranraer.

Owing to shortage of materials it was not completed until August 1951, when based on a typical 1930s LMS design it was re-opened.

Along with the signal box, it is a category B listed structure as an example of an early post-war railway station in the Moderne style in Scotland.

The station is part of the South West Scotland Community Rail Partnership which comprises local Community Councils, representation from South Ayrshire Council, ScotRail as well as private individuals.

There are 5 trains per day southbound to Stranraer which operate every to an irregular 2 or 4 hour frequency.