It would help to see the photo enlarged as I have bad eye sight.

Do you have any photos of the other side of the station bridge depicting what the land was used for?  I've heard it might have been allotments or a garden for the stationmaster.

I lived in Springfield Road from 1953 until 1964 and the wild overgrown area next door to the pub was very well tended allotments, for as far back as I can remember.
The railway staff were brilliant, and allowed us to use the little waiting rooms as our base as children. Much of our time was spent there and the railwaymen were always very kind and helpful and allowed us to watch the steam engines and draw the wildlife and play, and fill in our 'I Spy' Books and do school topics. They taught us safety on the railway too, and we complied with this, and so we had a great time. The 1950s were like something out of Enid Blyton, and we had a brilliant childhood!