It consisted of a signal box, sidings, goods shed, station building, three platforms (two of which were island platforms), and a section of double track to allow trains to pass each other.

It was a large station because the railway company hoped to generate much income from tourist traffic visiting the famous Tintern Abbey.

[4] The Old Station Tintern was bought by the local county council for £1,500.

There is a cafe and exhibition on site as well as a movie about the railway in one of the old carriages moved to the station.

The carriages provide a new shop, tourism information and the Destination Wye Valley exhibition as part of the £2.8m Heritage Lottery funded "Overlooking the Wye" scheme which is conserving various sites in the lower Wye Valley.