Glanville railway station is located on the Outer Harbor line.

This remained the main line, until the junction at Glanville towards Outer Harbor opened in 1908.

There was also a junction from Glanville with a track running east then north serving industrial sites along the Port River.

[2] The Birkenhead Loop was closed in 2008 when the Mary MacKillop rail bridge opened, and the alignment used to extend Semaphore Road to the Tom 'Diver' Derrick road bridge.

Starting on 22 April 2018, the bay platform was again used for several morning peak services.