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.^[2] It served the community around Himley Hall.

Himley
Himley station site, only the platform remains and it is now a picnic site
General information
Location	Himley and Swindon, South Staffordshire England
Coordinates	52.5182°N 2.1875°W / 52.5182; -2.1875
Grid reference	SO873911
Platforms	2 platforms built but only 1 used
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1925	Opened[1]
1932	Closed[1]

Himley station, circa 1930. Track was never laid on the Eastern platform.

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. "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.