The station is managed by ScotRail and is located on the Cathcart Circle Line.

It opened in April 1894, when the original line to Cathcart via Queens Park was extended in a loop back towards Glasgow Central.

The Cathcart Circle Line has been electrified since 1962 under British Railways.

Following the opening of the Argyle Line on 5 November 1979, two trains per hour between Glasgow Central and Kirkhill and two trains per hour in each direction on the Cathcart Circle (Inner and Outer).

[3] On Sundays the Cathcart Circle trains do not operate, so only an hourly service is provided in each direction.