[2] When the line from Rutherglen was reopened, using Coatbridge Central as the eastern terminus was ruled out on operational and safety grounds.

Trains on the new line would have had to use the single track connection from Langloan West Junction to reach Coatbridge and the use of single lead junctions for new services was discouraged at the time following two recent fatal accidents in the area (at Bellgrove and Newton) involving such layouts.

Originally due to be completed prior to the Commonwealth Games being held in the city, it was not commissioned until the December 2014 timetable change.

[3] This is still four years earlier than originally planned and has seen the route incorporated into the Argyle Line and freed up the DMUs in use previously for redeployment elsewhere.

Open access operator Grand Union Trains plans to use the station on a Stirling to London Euston service to begin in 2025.