Apart from the collieries this was a mainly farming district at the times of the railway's construction.

[3] The station had only a single curved wooden platform with lighting and a small wooden shelter on the south side of the passing loop, with its ubiquitous station clock, that served as a ticket office and waiting room with a coal fire.

The signalbox lay to the east of the platform and was opened in 1893 and closed in 1963.

[3] The platform and goods yard were accessed off the nearby road to Carnwath.

Part of the trackbed is in use as footpaths related to the old Wilsontown Ironworks site and its visitor interpretation as a tourist attraction.