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File:Hampton_Loade_Prize.jpg|Great Western Railway, Station Gardens Prize awarded to J.T.Hill, Hampton Loade
 
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File:Arley gardens award.jpg|Great Western Railway, Station Gardens Prize awarded to J.T.Hill, Arley.
 
File:Highley Award1.jpg|British Railways (Western Region), Station Gardens Competition, Highley
 
File:Highley Award1.jpg|British Railways (Western Region), Station Gardens Competition, Highley
 
File:Arley award 1979.jpg|Ian Allan Best preserved station award, Arley, 1979
 
File:Arley award 1979.jpg|Ian Allan Best preserved station award, Arley, 1979

Revision as of 22:32, 22 March 2016

Since its formation in 1965, the Severn Valley Railway has won many awards from various railway, heritage, tourism or other organisations.


Mention should also be made of Arley Station Master, Mr. George Batchelor, who was awarded several prizes by The Great Western Railway in the early 1900s for the gardens at Arley Station.[2]

Gallery

  • Great Western Railway, Station Gardens Prize awarded to J.T.Hill, Hampton Loade

  • Great Western Railway, Station Gardens Prize awarded to J.T.Hill, Arley.

  • British Railways (Western Region), Station Gardens Competition, Highley

  • Ian Allan Best preserved station award, Arley, 1979

  • Ian Allan Best preserved station award, Arley, 1980

  • Ian Allan Best preserved station award, Highley, 1982

  • Association of Railway Preservation Societies, Best Restored Station Competition, Champions Award, Arley, 1983

  • Ian Allan Best preserved station award, Arley, 1984

  • Association of Railway Preservation Societies award for exceptional merit, Arley, 1985

  • Association of Railway Preservation Societies, Best Restored Station Competition, Champions Award, Highley, 1986

  • Association of Railway Preservation Societies, Best Restored Station Competition, First Class Award, Arley, 1986

  • Association of Railway Preservation Societies, Ian Allan Railway Heritage Awards, First Class Award, Highley, 1987

  • NHRA Westinghouse Signalling Award, Bewdley South Signal Box, 2007

  • National Railway Heritage Awards, The G.N.E.R. Volunteers Award, Northwood Halt Pagoda Shelter, 2007

  • Association of Railway Preservation Societies, BRBritish Rail or British Railways Award for the most meritorious entry, 2007

  • Heritage Railway Association, Outstanding contribution to railway preservation award, 2008

  • Heritage Railway Association, Outstanding contribution to railway preservation award certificate, 2008

  • Heritage Railway Association Carriage and Wagon award for GNRGreat Northern Railway 2701, 2009

  • Institution of Civil Engineers, Community Benefit award, 2009

  • Plaque commemorating the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Severn Valley Railway, 2012

  • Three awards in tourist/group travel destination categories, 2012/2013

  • The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service, 2013

  • BBC Countryfile Magazine Awards, Heritage site of the Year, 2014/15

References

  1. ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 88
  2. ↑ Arley Station web site
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