[3] As the name suggests, the station was located within the confines of a large facility formerly owned entirely by IBM, a major employer for the town of Greenock until the plant closed.

Until 16 May 1983, it was the only station to have the suffix "halt"[4] (two others have it now, Coombe Junction and St Keyne Wishing Well on the Looe Valley Line in Cornwall).

By 1974, the term "halt" had been removed from British Rail timetables, station signs, and other official documents.

The station had its service suspended with effect from 9 December 2018, with ScotRail citing low patronage and anti-social behaviour on the nearby derelict IBM site.

[5][6][7] A planning application for a mixed-use development on the IBM site, which would involve the reopening of the station, was submitted in February 2020.