The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Inverclyde Line, located 28¾ miles (46 km) west of Glasgow Central.

[2] At the further end of the yard area, where the housing development is located, are the parapets of a metal overbridge, presumably used to move goods across from the up platform.

This structure was required as a planning permission clause related to the construction of a new housing estate in the fields across the line from the station.

It was not possible to fit a ramped bridge in the available space, hence the need for a lift, making Inverkip one of the few unmanned stations in Scotland to have a lift (other examples can be found at Prestwick International Airport) The shelter was replaced and relocated further west and the steps from station Avenue were relocated slightly further east.

Groundworks for the footbridge started in 2011, with the main span being lifted into place in the early hours of 15 July 2012; the bridge was formally opened in December 2012.