The station was opened on 9 May 1985 by ScotRail alongside new housing in the area, and is located on the Fife Circle Line, 4+1⁄2 miles (7.2 km) west of Edinburgh Waverley.

Edinburgh Gateway station is to the north-west of South Gyle.

Monday to Saturday daytimes, two trains per hour go to Edinburgh Waverley eastbound and two trains per hour head towards Inverkeithing and the Fife Circle Line.

Sundays see one train per hour running both clockwise & anticlockwise around the Circle.

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