The Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway opened a station on this site in 1866.

It was rebuilt and reopened as Mount Vernon on 4 October 1993 by British Rail.

Following the electrification of the line in 2014, a half-hourly service has operated to and from Dalmuir on Mondays to Saturdays.

[2] There is also an all-year hourly service each way on Sundays for the first time since the line reopened in 1993 (Sunday services had previously operated only on the four weeks up to Christmas for shoppers).

Prior to electrification, the service was operated by Class 156s and 158s, and ran to/from Glasgow Central High Level.