The Caledonian Railway extended a line from Douglas to Muirkirk (on the Glasgow and South Western Railway), opening it for freight on 1 January 1873.

[1][2] The station opened sometime before October 1875 as from that time it appeared in Bradshaw's timetables.

[3] The station had a single platform to the north of the single track railway, two goods sidings to the west and one to the east all north of the running line.

[5] To the east of the station the line went over a causeway skirting the edge of Glenbuck Loch.

[3] The line remained open for passengers and freight until 5 October 1964, when it closed, a casualty of the programme of closures advocated by the Beeching Report.