The station is a terminus on the North Clyde Line, sited 24 miles 31 chains (39.2 km) from Glasgow Queen Street (High Level), measured via Singer and Maryhill.

[5] Passenger services are operated by ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.

It was given its current name on 8 June 1953,[6] with electric operation beginning in November 1960 as part of the North Clyde modernisation scheme.

All areas of the station have step-free access, except the Princes Street East entrance to the ticket hall.

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