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Bewdley
(1862- 1963)
Heritage
Bewdley station originally opened in
1862 as one of the main intermediate stations on the line
between Hartlebury and Shrewsbury
Bewdley station was at its busiest at weekends and local holiday
periods, but traffic declined with the increasing use of cars in
the 1950s. As a consequence, rationalisation resulted in the end
of through passenger traffic on the Severn Valley line in
September 1963
Bewdley was disused for only for a few before preservationists
from the new SVR Company bought the land, track and buildings in
1974, enabling the SVR to extend from Bridgnorth–Hampton Loade
to Highley and eventually Bewdley that same year
From 1980 onwards, occasional bank holiday services were
operated to Bewdley, originally from Kidderminster
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