[1][3] The station was sited 1 mile (1.6 km) from Newport at Court-y-bella, a little to the west of the junction where the tramroad diverged to Dock St/Llanarth St and Pillgwenlly.

Courtybella station was built by the contractors Rennie and Logan who provided platforms and an engine shed.

[4] The initial service consisted of two daily passenger trains each way with a total journey time of 1¾ hours.

All traces of the passenger station had disappeared by 1960, with the site marked only by a zero milepost from which the distances into the Western Valley were measured.

[12] The track was then lifted back to Courtybella Crossing, although in recent years a short section was relaid as a run-round loop for trains from Newport Docks which need to proceed west, in particular for coal trains to Aberthaw.