Corkerhill was originally a farm and a few houses to the southwest of Glasgow, on the Paisley Canal Line from Glasgow, and still houses engine sheds and sidings, although Corkerhill signal box was demolished in the late 1970s (originally located to the rear of the houses now facing Mosspark shops. Corkerhill railway station was built on 1 July 1885. It is on the Paisley Canal Line. In the 1920s building in Glasgow expanded as far as Mosspark making Corkerhill part of the Glasgow conurbation.