Tintern station used to be a stop along the Wye Valley Railway and was the closest it’s passengers could get to Tintern Abbey. The station opened in 1876 and was one of four original stations along the line. Although the track has long since been lifted, the station itself and artifacts are now all that remain of the line and stations that served it. The station closed to passengers in 1959 and eventually to freight in 1964 when the line was closed completely.
The station itself has taken on a new lease of life as a visitor attraction and café. There are also two old carriages which sit on the site which have an exhibition about the station and the Wye Valley Railway as a whole which is well worth a look.
A small, short garden railway is also in operation here with the bottom half of the signal box making up the shed for the train and carriages. The top half of the signal box is just a general meeting space and there is no signalling equipment installed here. If you walk down the line in either direction, you will however find the odd semaphore signal as well as other items such as the original water tower. It’s well worth a walk here when the weather is nice and treat yourself to a cream tea from the café at the end.
