The station has one platform and a passing loop. The original John Whitton 1871 brick building remains.[5] In June 2014 the layout was reconfigured with the former loop becoming the main line and the platform line the loop.[6]
The complex includes a type 4[note 1] brick second class station building, erected in 1871; a standard timber skillion roof type 3 signal box; and an outshed. Other structures include a brick platform face, completed in 1871; a jib crane; and a former goods loading facility.[4]
Scone station is a fine mid-Victorian station building dating from the opening of the line. The building is well detailed and of fine proportion, it forms part of a group of buildings on that section of the line all that date from the opening of the line and which form a very important group of railway buildings in the state. The building also forms an important civic group in the town and contributes greatly to its character. The station is a focal point of the northern approach to the town.[4]