 The station opened on 1 September 1877 as a partial replacement for Southside station, the previous terminus of the Barrhead branch line which was to be extended to the new St Enoch station which had opened nearly a year earlier.Gorbals station closed to passengers permanently on 1 June 1928.The line through the station remained open and in constant use until St Enoch closed to passenger traffic on 27 June 1966.