The original Milliken Park station was opened on 21 July 1840 by the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway and was known as Cochrane Mill.

[2] The station was renamed Milliken Park on 1 March 1853[2] and closed to passengers on 18 April 1966.

[citation needed] The current station opened on 15 May 1989,[3] by British Rail to the south west of the original on the other side of new Cochranemill Road bridge (built in 1974–5) next to the Corseford Housing Estate.

[4] The Glasgow - Ayr stopping trains call here every 30 minutes off-peak (Monday to Saturday), with extra services at peak times.

In the evening, there is an hourly service each way (with westbound trains to Ardrossan Harbour and also on Sundays (to/from Largs).