The station is 4 miles (6 km) north of Wrexham Central on the Borderlands Line.

[3][2] The station became unstaffed in 1969, but the main building on the northbound side has survived and is now privately owned.

[4] The brick shelter on the southbound side is one of only two still standing of that particular design (the other being at nearby Caergwrle).

The station is an unstaffed halt with basic amenities only (CIS screens, waiting shelters and timetable poster boards on each platform).

[5] The station sees an hourly service on weekdays (two-hourly in the evening and on bank holidays)[6] southbound to Wrexham Central and northbound to Bidston for connections to Birkenhead and Liverpool via the Wirral Lines.