Himley railway station

Himley
Himley station site, only the platform remains and is now a picnic site
Location
Place	Himley
Area	South Staffordshire
Coordinates	52°31′06″N 2°11′15″W / 52.5182°N 2.1875°W / 52.5182; -2.1875Coordinates: 52°31′06″N 2°11′15″W / 52.5182°N 2.1875°W / 52.5182; -2.1875
Grid reference	SO873911
Operations
Original company	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2 platforms built but only 1 used
History
1925	Opened[1]
1932	Closed[1]
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Himley station, circa 1930. Track was never laid on the Eastern platform.

Himley was a station on the Wombourne Branch Line. 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. It served the community around Himley Hall.

A picnic area now stands on the site of the station. 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.

References

Further reading

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