Today's Remnants
Many things remain of the WVR. The rails between Wye Valley Junction and the north portal of Tidenham tunnel are largely intact, but the rails have been lifted for the remainder of track. Three former railway bridges across the River Wye are still standing, Penallt Viaduct, which now carries a footpath between Redbrook and Penallt, the Wireworks Branch bridge, also a footpath and the impressive 21 - arch viaduct at Monmouth, which carried the railway over the river, is still in place though the central metal section has been removed and it is inaccessible to pedestrians. The station building and goods shed at St Briavels Station are still mainly intact.
Tintern Station has been renamed 'The Old Station Tintern' and is now a popular picnic site and base for short walks with a permanent exhibition of the history of the line. The Wye Valley Walk passes through the site and paved footpaths extend to nearby Tintern and Brockweir. It won the Green Flag Award in 2009. In 2010, the old carriages were replaced with new refurbished ones, which now hold the 'Destination Wye Valley' exhibition as part of the £2.8m Heritage Lottery funded 'Overlooking the Wye Scheme' which is conserving various sites within the lower Wye Valley.
Monmouth Troy Station was removed from Monmouth and re-built brick by brick along the restored Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway and is now known as Winchcombe railway station.
Pannier Tank 6412, the engine pulled the last passenger service along the line on the 4th January 1959 was preserved on the West Somerset Railway between 1976–2009 and was purchased by the South Devon Railway in January 2009. It has also starred in the children's TV series The Flockton Flyer.
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