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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.
[[The Engine House | The Engine House]] is situated approximately 200 yards from Highley Station, on the opposite side of the line from the platform. This can be reached via a [[Highley Station Footbridge |footbridge]] which is located at the south end of the station. There is also a [[Highley Station foot crossing | foot crossing]] which the public may use, except when a train is approaching or standing in the station.<br>
==Highley history before preservation==
*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.
*1912-1915: Approval was given for construction of a footbridge, which was a steel lattice-girder structure of two spans. The bridge was reluctantly deemed beyond economic repair and demolished by the SVR in 1974. It was situated in the same location as the [[Highley Station Footbridge | current footbridge]] which dates from 2009.
*1921: The population of Highley had reached 1,985, with at least 500 employed at the colliery. Over the following years passenger numbers remained high while beginning to fall elsewhere on the line; during the 1930s Highley averaged 20,000 ticket sales per year which exceeded both Stourport and Bridgnorth.
*1963: Through passenger services ceased on 9 September, with through freight services ending at the end of November.
