 The station is over two miles (about 3.5 km) north of Builth Wells on the A470, a busy trunk road.The station uses one of the high level platforms of the former interchange station with the earlier Mid Wales Railway (closed 31 December 1962) which served the town of Builth Wells directly on its route from Cardiff to the North.The original (low level) station did not bear the name "Builth Road", instead being given the name "Llechryd".