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This was the terminus of the line from Ayr. The station was laid out with a goods yard on the west side, passenger station in the middle and locomotive shed to the east, with turntable. The locomotive shed was probably originally the goods shed. The signal box (1884) was on the east side of the station throat.

The station building was similar to that at Waterside which survives, a two storey stone building. There was a single storey extension at the south end with a platform canopy. A loop was later installed by the single platform, the platform being on the east side of the building.

A portion of the line was opened between the Dalmellington Iron Works and Sillyhole Pit No 6 by the Ayrshire and Galloway Railway which collapsed and failed to build the line from Ayr to Dalmellington. The Sillyhole pits were to the north of Dalmellington and the existing line was extended south to the station when the Ayr and Dalmellington Railway opened. The trackbed was prepared for two tracks.

The station, signal box and line closed in 1964, cut back to the Cutler Sidings at Waterside, the line remaining in use for coal traffic.

The station site has been obliterated. It is now a school and police station.

The trackbed remains intact and walkable from near the former station to Waterside. The railway could be reinstated.

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