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Highley Railway Station

Highley Railway Station

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Highley Railway Station

Name: Highley Railway Station
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Location: Highley, West Midlands Region, England, United Kingdom

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1. Highley and Alveley Footbridge – Highley Railway Station loop from Highley

11.8km

03:06

110m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Highley and Alveley Footbridge – Highley Railway Station loop from Upper Arley

11.0km

02:52

70m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Severn Valley Country Park – Highley Railway Station loop from Alveley

4.33km

01:11

60m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Sasha Taylor

October 9, 2022

Highley railway station is a station on the Severn Valley Railway heritage line in Shropshire, near the west bank of the River Severn and just under a mile south-east of the village of Highley. Highley is the only staffed single-platform station on the line. Other stops with one platform are unstaffed halts.

The only station on the Severn Valley Railway with only one platform! Beautifully restored in traditional GWR style, the station is just a short walk from The Engine House!

Highley station opened to the public on 1 February 1862 and closed on 9 September 1963, before the Beeching axe closures.

Highley station was important as the transport hub of a colliery district, with four nearby coal mines linked to the Severn Valley line by standard and narrow gauge lines, cable inclines and aerial ropeways . There were extensive sidings along the line, and wagon repair works at Kinlet, half-a-mile south.

The station was inconveniently far from Highley so the arrival of a bus service seriously affected use of the station.

The signal box opposite the platform remained in use until 1969 when Alveley colliery closed and freight traffic ceased. The station site was disused until preservation.

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Location: Highley, West Midlands Region, England, United Kingdom

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Highley Railway Station

1. Highley and Alveley Footbridge – Highley Railway Station loop from Highley

2. Highley and Alveley Footbridge – Highley Railway Station loop from Upper Arley

3. Severn Valley Country Park – Highley Railway Station loop from Alveley

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