It is located along the Turku–Uusikaupunki railway, and only serves freight transport; the nearest station with passenger services is Turku in the southwest.

[2] The Finnish Heritage Agency has proclaimed the Raisio station as a built cultural environment of national significance.

[4] The surroundings of the station began growing into an industrial center with the opening of the Oy Vehnä Ab mill.

[4] However, the railway did not directly influence the demographic development of the municipality of Raisio, as the surroundings of the church stayed as the geographical epicenter of its population growth.

A zoning plan officialized by the municipal authorities on 1954 ordered the construction of a suburb closer to the center of the modern day town, effectively setting the stage for the geography of the municipality for years to come and relegating the Uusikaupunki line to exclusively serve freight transport.