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Bridgnorth
(1862 - 1963)
Heritage
Bridgnorth station was opened to the
public on February 1 1862 and it closed to passengers after 101
years on September 9 1963, and to freight traffic in November
1963
The neo-Jacobean station is the only listed station on the
Severn Valley Railway and is in process of restoration work by a
team of dedicated volunteers
Preservation gains momentum until the present day.
Bridgnorth became the engineering centre of the new SVR because
of the need to repair the growing number of rolling stock items
and locomotives after opening to the public when the first train
steamed from Bridgnorth to Hampton Loade in May 1970
Plans for a significant redevelopment of Bridgnorth station were
approved by Shropshire Council in August 2016. The first phase
of the project involving the construction of a new single-storey
building in GWR circa 1900-style to provide a tea/refreshment
room and new toilet facilities was completed at the end of 2018,
as was the creation of an additional car park
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