October 31
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On October 31 in SVRSevern Valley Railway history.
- 1860 A Special General Meeting of the Severn Valley Railway Company approved the 999 year lease of the line to the West Midland Railway.[1]
- 1971 Work began on installing a rail-level water column on Platform 1 at Bridgnorth. It was replaced some years later by the present platform-level column.[2]
- 1992 The LNER (SVR) Coach Fund staged a sponsored walk from Kidderminster to Bewdley via the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal and the River Severn.[3]
- 1998 The SVRSevern Valley Railway was visited by a Great Western HST which worked a Cheshire Railtours trip from Exeter to Bridgnorth.[4]
- 2017 The 2016 share offer closed with the target of £2.5m achieved
Gallery
Photos taken on 31 October:
2009: MW 2047 "Warwickshire" on static display at Kidderminster
See also
On this day in SVRSevern Valley Railway history
References
- ↑ Nabarro (1971) p.42.
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 22
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 105
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 128