October 31

The 1992 sponsored walk of the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal passed under Falling Sands Viaduct.

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.
• 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.
• 1992 The LNER (SVR) Coach Fund staged a sponsored walk from Kidderminster to Bewdley via the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal and the River Severn.
• 1998 The SVRSevern Valley Railway was visited by a Great Western HST which worked a Cheshire Railtours trip from Exeter to Bridgnorth.
• 2017 The 2016 share offer closed with the target of £2.5m achieved

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On this day in SVRSevern Valley Railway history

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