It is located along the Lahti–Kouvola line, and its neighboring stations are Lahti in the west and Nastola in the east.

[3] In 1870, the owner of the Ersta Manor [fi], Werner Wessner, expressed his interest in founding a station in Villähde to assist the nearby large estates in getting their goods on the market.

[3][4] After the second World War, a car chassis factory as well as a furniture workshop were founded in Villähde.

Despite the urban area of Villähde reaching a total population of 1,300 residents by 1970, the station was closed from passengers in the same year and was made unmanned in 1971.

The intermediate stations between Lahti and Kouvola are also served by all but one Z rush hour service on the route Helsinki–Lahti–Kouvola.