The station was located in a sparsely populated area, about a mile from the village of Rafford.
[1][2] It was also the place where the curve and incline to eventually meet with a gradient of 1-in-70, as the trains began to climb to Dava Muir.
This was eventually replaced by a permanent structure and the Rafford building was lost.
Over the road to Rafford, south of the station, an overbridge still exists with a Highland Railway fence post nearby.
The embankments become very steep here, indicating the steady gradient, after leaving Rafford station.