Himley railway station

Former railway station in Himley, England

52°31′06″N 2°11′15″W / 52.5182°N 2.1875°W / 52.5182; -2.1875Grid referenceSO873911Platforms2 platforms built but only 1 usedOther informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyGreat Western RailwayPost-groupingGreat Western RailwayKey dates1925Opened[1]1932Closed[1]
Himley station, circa 1930. Track was never laid on the Eastern platform.

Himley was a railway station on the Wombourne Branch Line. It served the villages of Himley and Swindon in Staffordshire, England. Unlike other stops along the route, it was deemed worthy of full station status. It was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1925 and closed in 1932.[2] It served the community around Himley Hall.

A picnic area now stands on the site of the station.[citation needed] It is also part of the South Staffordshire Railway Walk but is the final stretch of track still in situ as after the site is a landfill site.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Wombourn   Great Western Railway
"The Wombourne Branch" (1925-1932)
  Gornal Halt

References

  1. ^ a b "Himley Station". Rail Around Birmingham & the West Midlands. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  2. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 227. OCLC 931112387.

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2009). Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury. Middleton Press. figs. 46-48. ISBN 9781906008444. OCLC 286385795.
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