The box opened in the northern 'V' of the junction at Cowlairs West Junction in 1956. It replaced several signal boxes:
1956
Bishopbriggs
Cadder West Signal Box
Cowlairs Central (north end of Cowlairs station)
Cowlairs East Junction
Cowlairs North Junction
Cowlairs Station (south end of Cowlairs station)
Cowlairs West Junction
Springburn
1967
Glasgow Queen Street High Level
It closed in 1998, replaced by Cowlairs Signalling Centre. This in turn closed in 2013 when control passed to Edinburgh Signalling Centre.