Himley Railway Station
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. 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.
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Wombourn | Great Western Railway "The Wombourne Branch" (1925-1932) |
Gornal Halt |
References
- ^ "Himley Station". Rail Around Birmingham & the West Midlands. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ 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.