It serves the Mount Florida and Battlefield areas of Glasgow, Scotland and can get busy on event days at Hampden Park as it is the closest station to the stadium.

The western side of the Cathcart Circle Line was completed in April 1894, whilst the link to the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway's extension from Neilston to Newton was added in 1904.

During the upgrade work, a grade separated junction was installed south of here to reduce conflicting moves between Circle line trains towards Cathcart and those heading for Kirkhill.

The island platform layout here allows easy and convenient cross-platform interchange between the two branches to Neilston and Newton and Circle line trains.

[4] During any major event at Hampden Park, Scotrail operate a number of additional services to Mount Florida, running non-stop from Glasgow Central.