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===Heritage railway=== [[File:61994 The Great Marquess crossing Victoria Bridge Severn Valley Railway.jpg|thumb|[[LNER Gresley K4 61994 The Great Marquess|61994 ''The Great Marquess'']] crossing Victoria Bridge.]] {{Infobox UK legislation | short_title = {{visible anchor|British Railways Board (Severn Valley) Light Railway Order 1970}} | type = Statutory Instrument | parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom | year = 1970 | citation = [[SI 1970]]/7 | introduced_commons = | introduced_lords = | territorial_extent = | si_made_date = 5 January 1970 | si_laid_date = | commencement = 16 January 1970 | expiry_date = | repeal_date = | amends = | replaces = | primary_legislation = | eu_directives = | amendments = | repealing_legislation = | related_legislation = | status = | legislation_history = | theyworkforyou = | millbankhansard = | original_text = | revised_text = | use_new_UK-LEG = | UK-LEG_title = | collapsed = yes }} {{Infobox UK legislation | short_title = {{visible anchor|British Railways Board (Severn Valley) Light Railway (Transfer) Order 1970}} | type = Statutory Instrument | parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom | year = 1970 | citation = [[SI 1970]]/778 | introduced_commons = | introduced_lords = | territorial_extent = | si_made_date = 20 May 1970 | si_laid_date = | commencement = 21 May 1970 | expiry_date = | repeal_date = | amends = | replaces = | primary_legislation = | eu_directives = | amendments = | repealing_legislation = | related_legislation = | status = | legislation_history = | theyworkforyou = | millbankhansard = | original_text = | revised_text = | use_new_UK-LEG = | UK-LEG_title = | collapsed = yes }} {{Infobox UK legislation | short_title = {{visible anchor|British Railways Board (Severn Valley) Light Railway Order 1973}} | type = Statutory Instrument | parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom | year = 1973 | citation = [[SI 1973]]/357 | introduced_commons = | introduced_lords = | territorial_extent = | si_made_date = 27 February 1973 | si_laid_date = | commencement = 28 February 1973 | expiry_date = | repeal_date = | amends = | replaces = | primary_legislation = {{ubli|[[Light Railways Act 1896]]|[[Light Railways Act 1912]]|[[Railways Act 1921]]}} | eu_directives = | amendments = | repealing_legislation = | related_legislation = | status = | legislation_history = | theyworkforyou = | millbankhansard = | original_text = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1973/357/pdfs/uksi_19730357_en.pdf | revised_text = | use_new_UK-LEG = | UK-LEG_title = | collapsed = yes }} {{Infobox UK legislation | short_title = {{visible anchor|Severn Valley Light Railway (Transfer) Order 1974}} | type = Statutory Instrument | parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom | year = 1974 | citation = [[SI 1974]]/642 | introduced_commons = | introduced_lords = | territorial_extent = | si_made_date = 28 March 1874 | si_laid_date = | commencement = 29 March 1874 | expiry_date = | repeal_date = | amends = | replaces = | primary_legislation = {{ubli|[[Light Railways Act 1896]]|[[Light Railways Act 1912]]|[[Railways Act 1921]]}} | eu_directives = | amendments = | repealing_legislation = | related_legislation = | status = | legislation_history = | theyworkforyou = | millbankhansard = | original_text = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/642/pdfs/uksi_19740642_en.pdf | revised_text = | use_new_UK-LEG = | UK-LEG_title = | collapsed = yes }} {{Infobox UK legislation | short_title = {{visible anchor|British Railways Board (Severn Valley) Light Railway (Transfer) Order 1974}} | type = Statutory Instrument | parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom | year = 1974 | citation = [[SI 1974]]/643 | introduced_commons = | introduced_lords = | territorial_extent = | si_made_date = 28 March 1874 | si_laid_date = | commencement = 29 March 1874 | expiry_date = | repeal_date = | amends = | replaces = | primary_legislation = {{ubli|[[Light Railways Act 1896]]|[[Light Railways Act 1912]]|[[Railways Act 1921]]}} | eu_directives = | amendments = | repealing_legislation = | related_legislation = | status = | legislation_history = | theyworkforyou = | millbankhansard = | original_text = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/643/pdfs/uksi_19740643_en.pdf | revised_text = | use_new_UK-LEG = | UK-LEG_title = | collapsed = yes }} {{Infobox UK legislation | short_title = {{visible anchor|Severn Valley Light Railway Order 1984}} | type = Statutory Instrument | parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom | year = 1984 | citation = [[SI 1984]]/1202 | introduced_commons = | introduced_lords = | territorial_extent = | si_made_date = 20 July 1984 | si_laid_date = | commencement = 21 July 1984 | expiry_date = | repeal_date = | amends = | replaces = | primary_legislation = {{ubli|[[Light Railways Act 1896]]|[[Transport Act 1968]]}} | eu_directives = | amendments = | repealing_legislation = | related_legislation = | status = | legislation_history = | theyworkforyou = | millbankhansard = | original_text = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1984/1202/pdfs/uksi_19841202_en.pdf | revised_text = | use_new_UK-LEG = | UK-LEG_title = | collapsed = yes }} The Severn Valley Railway Society was formed in July 1965 by people who wished to preserve a section of the line which had closed in 1963.{{sfn|Marshall|1989|p=166}} British Railways (BR), who owned the line and was beginning its demolition, agreed to an offer of Β£25,000 for the {{frac|5|1|2}} miles of the line between Bridgnorth and Alveley Colliery in February 1966 and the society paid an initial deposit of Β£2,500 in February 1967. Obtaining a Light Railway Order required a limited company to be formed, with a new Severn Valley Railway Company being incorporated in May 1967, named after the company that originally built the railway over which it now operates. Even at that early date, the objective of the company was to "preserve, retain and restore the standard-gauge railway extending from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster via Bewdley".{{sfn|Marshall|1989|pp=167β168}} The Light Railway Order was granted in May 1970, allowing regular services to begin between Bridgnorth and [[Hampton Loade]]; the balance of the Β£25,000 purchase price being paid to BR on 24 June 1970.{{sfn|Marshall|1989|pp=172β173}} The end of coal trains from the colliery in 1969 allowed SVR to acquire a further {{frac|8|1|2}} miles of the line from [[Hampton Loade railway station|Hampton Loade]] to [[Foley Park Halt railway station|Foley Park]] in 1972, the purchase price of Β£74,000 (Β£{{Format price|{{Inflation|UK|74000|1972|r=-3}}}} in {{Inflation/year|UK}}){{Inflation-fn|UK}} being raised by the flotation of a public company initially under the chairmanship of Sir [[Gerald Nabarro]] MP (the line was partly in his former [[Kidderminster (UK Parliament constituency)|Kidderminster constituency]]). The share issue took place, but after SVR volunteers discovered he planned to sell the [[Bridgnorth railway station]] site for hotel and housing development and bring business friends from outside onto the board, it led to a threatened strike by the railway's volunteer staff and his proposals were thrown out at a heated AGM.<ref name=shropstar4>{{cite news |title=Santa and the Abominable Showman |newspaper=Shropshire Star |date=19 March 2015 |page=26}}</ref> Nabarro stood down as chairman in March 1973, being succeeded by [[David Lindesay-Bethune, 15th Earl of Lindsay|Viscount Garnock]], and resigned from the board of directors in May 1973.{{sfn|Marshall|1989|pp=183}} Services were extended to [[Bewdley]] in May 1974.{{sfn|Marshall|1989|pp=183β187}} Following the end of freight traffic from the [[British Sugar]] factory at Foley Park in 1982, the SVR purchased the final section of the line to Kidderminster at a cost of Β£75,000 (Β£{{Format price|{{Inflation|UK|75000|1982|r=-3}}}} in {{Inflation/year|UK}}).{{Inflation-fn|UK}} The SVR also rented the former Comberton Hill goods yard at Kidderminster from BR, on which a new station would be built. This was achieved in time for services to Kidderminster to begin on 30 July 1984.{{sfn|Marshall|1989|pp=191β195}} Major developments on the SVR since 1984 have included the commissioning of a newly constructed signal box at Kidderminster in 1987, the opening of a new boiler shop at Bridgnorth in 1990, the purchase of the freehold of Kidderminster Town station in 1994, the opening of a new carriage shed at Kidderminster in 2003, the completion of the east wing and canopy of Kidderminster Station in 2006, and the opening of the Engine House Museum at Highley in 2008. 2010 marked the Severn Valley railway's 40th anniversary since opening in 1970 and the 175th anniversary of the formation of the Great Western Railway. 2015 marked the 50th anniversary since the birth of the Severn Valley Railway on 6 July 1965. Special events were staged during both years to mark these anniversaries.<ref>{{cite journal |date=Spring 2010 |title=SVR News Spring 2010 |journal=Severn Valley Railway News |volume=Spring 2010 |issue=169 |page=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |date=Summer 2015 |title=SVR News Summer 2015 |journal=Severn Valley Railway News |issue=190 |page=4}}</ref>
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