It is located roughly ½ mile south of the original Risca railway station.

The station is located near Ty Isaf School and Mill Street on a site of former railway sidings.

On Mondays to Saturdays, there are two trains per hour between Cardiff Central or Newport and Ebbw Vale Town.

On Sundays, the Cardiff to Ebbw Vale service runs via Newport every two hours.

The first steam locomotive passenger train ran on the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company Western Valley line on Monday 23 December 1850, with service running twice in each direction (to Ebbw Vale and to Newport) each weekday.