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Inside the station concourse GWR 7800 Class 4-6-0 "Bradley Manor". Kidderminster Town is a railway station situated in the town of Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England.It is operated by the Severn Valley Railway, a heritage line which runs from Kidderminster to Bridgnorth.
The Severn Valley Railway is a standard gauge heritage railway in Shropshire and Worcestershire, England, named after the company that originally built the railway over which it now operates. The 16-mile (26 km) heritage line runs from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster , following the course of the River Severn along the Severn Valley for much of its ...
The railway can call on a large fleet to operate its services. [1] Only a small 'core' group of vehicles actually belong to the railway company itself; the remainder are owned by an associated groups, such as the Great Western (Severn Valley Railway) Association, [2] [3] or individuals. The SVR is also the base of the DMU Group (West Midlands ...
Located in Kidderminster is the Severn Valley Railway a heritage railway. The Museum of Carpet, opened in 2012, showcases the town's contribution to the carpet industry. [9] Brinton Park is an urban park to the south of the town centre, comprising 30 acres (12 ha) of land donated by John Brinton in the 1880s. [34]
Dartmouth Steam Railway – Paignton to Kingswear, Devon [6] Plym Valley Railway – Marsh Mills, Devon; Severn Valley Railway – Kidderminster to Bridgnorth, Worcestershire and Shropshire; South Devon Railway – Totnes to Buckfastleigh, Devon; Swindon and Cricklade Railway – Blunsdon, Gloucestershire; West Somerset Railway – Bishops ...
The situation changed in 1878, when a north-facing connection was opened between Bewdley and Kidderminster, linking Kidderminster directly with the Severn Valley Line. [2] Kidderminster station in 1963, with auto-train to Bewdley. From about 1900, there was a brisk passenger trade of tourists and day trippers from the West Midlands conurbation.
Rifle Range Halt was a short-lived unstaffed request stop on the GWR Kidderminster to Bewdley loop line which now forms part of the Severn Valley Railway.It was west of Bewdley tunnel near the “Devil’s Spittleful”, the sandstone outcrop on the nature reserve now managed by the Worcestershire Wildlife Trust.
In 1990 a new 7 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (184 mm) gauge aluminium track was laid and then gradually extended until it reached the far end of the Kidderminster Town Station car park. The original line was then removed, making space for a new footpath from the Severn Valley Railway car park to the station.