January 1

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On January 1 in SVRSevern Valley Railway history.

  • 1869 The Tenbury Railway was transferred into joint LNWRLondon & North Western Railway and GWRGreat Western Railway ownership.[1]
  • 1948 Following nationalisation, the Severn Valley branch of the Great Western Railway became part of British Railways' Western Region.[2]
  • 1963 Control of the Severn Valley Branch passed from BRBritish Rail or British Railways's Western Region to their London Midland Region.[3]
  • 1977 Bridgnorth signal box suffered a fire. The resulting damage to the structure and equipment took several months to repair.[4]

See also

On this day in SVRSevern Valley Railway history

← December 31 - January 2 →

References

  1. Beddoes & Smith (1995) p. 39.
  2. Wikipedia
  3. Smith (1968) p. 25.
  4. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 43