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==Facilities==
The station has a small kiosk serving snacks and hot and cold drinks. There is also a [[The Highley Station Fund shop | station fund second hand bookshop]] in the [[GWR 542 Horse Box (body only) | the grounded body of GWR Horse Box 542]] on the platform. A picnic area is located next to the signal box, opposite the platform.
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GW_542_20150426.jpg|Station fund bookshop
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===Platform extension===
Highley only has a short platform. In winter 1974-75, at the end of the first year of reopening, volunteers extended the southern end of the platform by around 30 feet using platform edge coping stones and diagonal blue brick pattern surface slabs recovered from the former GWR station at Halesowen.<ref>SVR News 34</ref> The platform now stretches all the way to the [[Highley Station foot crossing|barrow crossing]], which is accessed by a ramp behind the footbridge. The original layout, with a shorter platform and a ramp in front of the old footbridge, can be clearly seen in this photograph.
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File:Highley old bridge.jpg|Station and original footbridge pre-preservation
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A major refurbishment of the cattle dock's wooden structure began in May 2017.
<gallerymode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">File: S0633 Highley 1970.jpg | The original cattle dock in 1970 (David Cooke)Highley station 2005, looking south - geograph.org.uk - 804842.jpg | Highley station 2005, looking south (Wikimedia Commons)
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===Crane===
A (non-operational) hand powered crane is located on a small platform in the goods yard. The winding gear appears identical to that on the wooden crane in [[Bewdley Goods Shed]]. The refurbished crane was erected in August 1992<ref>SVR News 105</ref>.
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File:HighleyCrane.jpg | The crane at Highley
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===Awards===
When first taken over by the SVR, Highley Station was in a very dilapidated condition. The standard of restoration has won a number of [[awards]], including the ‘Best Preserved Station’ award in 1982. Plaques commemorating these awards can be seen in the waiting room.
<gallerymode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">File:The waiting room at Highley Station - geograph.org.uk - 1454335.jpg | Waiting room (Wikimedia Commons)
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==Highley history before preservation==