sentences:  The station was opened on 4 April 1843, and served as an interchange between the lines to Ayr and Kilmarnock from Glasgow.The station's life was short-lived however, and it closed on 2 January 1860, with interchange services moving to Dalry railway station.In the 1970s the only remnant of this station was the base of a water tank, converted into a small worker's bothy.