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→Highley history before preservation: stone quarry siding
*1869: The GWR approved the installation of a cattle dock.
*1870s: [[Collieries served by the Severn Valley Railway#Highley Colliery | Highley Colliery]] came into production. This resulted in a growth of both passenger and goods traffic at Highley.
*1880: A siding was provided for a stone quarry opposite the station worked by Mr Baker of Kidderminster. It became disused following his death in about 1881.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] p. 99.</ref>The quarry is still visible on the 1884 map below, although the quarry siding was presumably removed as part of the 1882-83 changes.
*1882-1883: Approval was given for the platform to be extended and additional sidings installed, resulting in the present layout. A new signal box and interlocking was installed; the Board of Trade approved these works in June 1883. Evidence of the platform extension can be seen as a change in the platform face and surface between the [[The Highley Station Fund shop | Highley Station Fund shop]] and the end of the platform.
*1908: The General Manager recommended that additional sidings and a passing loop should be provided. In the event the work was not undertaken, as a result of which it was never possible to pass passenger trains at Highley.
