Country Lorry Service and Cartage Service

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As well as transporting goods station to station, the GWRGreat Western Railway was also able to collect & deliver goods and parcels to and from local addresses via its Country Lorry Service, Cartage Service or independent carrier.

A 1938 GWRGreat Western Railway publication, 'Towns villages, outlying works etc. served by the Great Western Railway' gives a list of all such places, their distance from the local station and the method of delivery.

The Country Lorry Service at Tenbury started on February 1 1931[1]

Several stations on the SVRSevern Valley Railway offered either a Lorry Service or Cartage Service, in some cases at no extra charge within a specified area.



See also

Station Truck Businesses located at SVR stations Private sidings connected to the Severn Valley Railway Collieries served by the Severn Valley Railway

References

  1. Advert from the Kington Times on the British Newspaper Archive

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