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A set of sidings, located 1 mile 179 yards from [[Kidderminster Junction signal box|Kidderminster Junction]], serving the British Sugar Corporation and Smethwick Drop Forgings, built in 1925. They were located near [[Foley Park Halt]], which was moved from the South side of the line to the North when the sidings opened. The sidings remained in use after the closure of the [[Kidderminster]]-[[Bewdley]] line on 6 January 1970, finally closing on 25 October 1982. | A set of sidings, located 1 mile 179 yards from [[Kidderminster Junction signal box|Kidderminster Junction]], serving the British Sugar Corporation and Smethwick Drop Forgings, built in 1925. They were located near [[Foley Park Halt]], which was moved from the South side of the line to the North when the sidings opened. The sidings remained in use after the closure of the [[Kidderminster]]-[[Bewdley]] line on 6 January 1970, finally closing on 25 October 1982. | ||
| − | The sidings | + | During the sugar beet season, which normally ran from mid-September to mid-January, up to four trains per day would arrive at Kidderminster. Shunting from Kidderminster to the Foley Park factory required a shunting engine to be available 24 hours per day<ref>The Railway at Kidderminster in the 1940s, AJ Turley.</ref>. |
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| + | Access to the sidings from Kidderminster was by means of a ground frame. See [[Ground Frames at Foley Park]]. | ||
== Photographs == | == Photographs == | ||
Revision as of 11:39, 25 June 2015
A set of sidings, located 1 mile 179 yards from Kidderminster Junction, serving the British Sugar Corporation and Smethwick Drop Forgings, built in 1925. They were located near Foley Park Halt, which was moved from the South side of the line to the North when the sidings opened. The sidings remained in use after the closure of the Kidderminster-Bewdley line on 6 January 1970, finally closing on 25 October 1982.
During the sugar beet season, which normally ran from mid-September to mid-January, up to four trains per day would arrive at Kidderminster. Shunting from Kidderminster to the Foley Park factory required a shunting engine to be available 24 hours per day[1].
Access to the sidings from Kidderminster was by means of a ground frame. See Ground Frames at Foley Park.
Photographs
- A DMU at Foley Park Halt. Comments on the link point out that the lack of traffic is likely due to sugar beet being a seasonal crop.
References
- "Severn Valley Railway". Railways in Worcestershire article. Link. Accessed 09/01/2015.
- "Severn Valley Railway". Railways in Worcestershire article. Link. Accessed 09/01/2015.
