The elevated island platform is a stop along the Lynx Blue Line and serves an area of mostly commercial and industrial businesses, with the neighborhoods of Madison Park and Montclaire located nearby.

Located at street level, beneath the station's platform, is the sculpture entitled Reconstructed Dwelling, by Dennis Oppenheim.

[4][5][6] Because Tyvola Road had the highest traffic count along the corridor, with an estimated 45 thousand vehicles a day, and an active Norfolk Southern rail crossing just south, an elevated station was selected for the location.

The station also features several art installations including a drinking fountain basin designed to look like dogwood, the North Carolina state flower, by Nancy Blum.

Plaid motifs on both the pavers and shelters, by Leticia Huerta; and the painting of the viaduct and retaining walls, by Marek Ranis.