The station is typical of the traditional Austrian train stations in smaller towns: built of stone, with framed windows and corners, with gables facing up and down the track, and with flower boxes to enliven an otherwise attractive but foreboding visage. Matrei's station is also representative of its region, in that it is built of gneiss (see below). The Sill Valley cuts through the metamorphic Alps, and so it's only appropriate that stations along the Sill Valley be built of metamorphic rock. Note how little mortar there is between the blocks. With typical Austrian neatness and economy, the blocks were cut to exact dimensions and thus fit together remarkably well, yielding a tight fit with little mortar between the blocks.