https://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Stourport_Branch&feed=atom&action=historyStourport Branch - Revision history2024-03-28T22:29:47ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.28.2https://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Stourport_Branch&diff=27715&oldid=prevRobin: /* Description of the Stourport branch */ Info from GWR magazine2022-12-20T15:52:35Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Description of the Stourport branch: </span> Info from GWR magazine</span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>From Hartlebury Station (131 miles 68 chains), the Severn Valley Branch began around 600 yards to the north at Hartlebury Junction (132m 15ch). From there the line curved to the west towards Stourport. After around 840 yards the line passed over the main Kidderminster to Worcester road, now the A449. The bridge was demolished in 1985 although the sandstone abutments are still in situ. The view below is looking north with Stourport to the left.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>From Hartlebury Station (131 miles 68 chains), the Severn Valley Branch began around 600 yards to the north at Hartlebury Junction (132m 15ch). From there the line curved to the west towards Stourport. After around 840 yards the line passed over the main Kidderminster to Worcester road, now the A449. The <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">GWR Magazine November 1926 edition noted that "''The bridge which carries the Severn Valley line over the road at Hartlebury is to be reconstructed''." Following the closure of the branch, the </ins>bridge was demolished in 1985 although the sandstone abutments are still in situ. The view below is looking north with Stourport to the left.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Leapgate Private Sidings]] (135m 53ch) were opened on 28 August 1939 to serve a depot of the Regent Oil Company (named Texaco after 1967). The line then entered a cutting at Wilden, a third of a mile long and 60ft deep. It would have been simpler to build a tunnel of that length and depth, but this would not have created sufficient spoil to build the large embankment required in the Stour valley beyond. The cutting was created by the unusual method of driving a tunnel with shafts through the hard sandstone, installing rails, dropping the softer upper material down the shafts into wagons to avoid lifting it, and finally blasting the hard rock underneath to compete the cutting. The west end of the cutting was the site of a [[Wilden Sand Siding|siding serving a sand quarry]] and later used to store coal wagons waiting to enter [[Stourport Power Station]]. Wilden Top Road passed over the cutting via a brick overbridge of 54 ft span. The view below is looking west towards Stourport; the sand quarry was on the right beyond the bridge. The OS map extract shows Wilden Top Road (centre) with Leapgate Private Sidings south of the line (right) and the Sand Quarry siding to the north of it (left). Wilden Lane is on the extreme left.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Leapgate Private Sidings]] (135m 53ch) were opened on 28 August 1939 to serve a depot of the Regent Oil Company (named Texaco after 1967). The line then entered a cutting at Wilden, a third of a mile long and 60ft deep. It would have been simpler to build a tunnel of that length and depth, but this would not have created sufficient spoil to build the large embankment required in the Stour valley beyond. The cutting was created by the unusual method of driving a tunnel with shafts through the hard sandstone, installing rails, dropping the softer upper material down the shafts into wagons to avoid lifting it, and finally blasting the hard rock underneath to compete the cutting. The west end of the cutting was the site of a [[Wilden Sand Siding|siding serving a sand quarry]] and later used to store coal wagons waiting to enter [[Stourport Power Station]]. Wilden Top Road passed over the cutting via a brick overbridge of 54 ft span. The view below is looking west towards Stourport; the sand quarry was on the right beyond the bridge. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">A [https://www.rcts.org.uk/features/mysteryphotos/show.htm?img=Y-46-06&serial=3 photograph from the Courney Haydon Collection] shows a view also looking west, with the Leapgate Private Siding points visible in the foreground.  </ins>The OS map extract shows Wilden Top Road (centre) with Leapgate Private Sidings south of the line (right) and the Sand Quarry siding to the north of it (left). Wilden Lane is on the extreme left.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What is now referred to as the '''Stourport Branch''' was the original route of the Severn Valley Railway dating from 1862, connecting [[Bewdley]] and stations to the north with the OW&W main line at [[Hartlebury]] to the south. The [[Kidderminster Loop Line]] connecting [[Kidderminster]] to Bewdley, which is now used by the present day SVR, opened in 1878. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>The area between the two lines is commonly referred to as the [[Stourport Triangle]] or Bewdley Triangle. In the picture, the original path of the Severn Valley Railway is the line curving away to the right. A set of points allows entry to the sidings in the triangle, added by the SVR during preservation. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What is now referred to as the '''Stourport Branch''' was the original route of the Severn Valley Railway dating from 1862, connecting [[Bewdley]] and stations to the north with the OW&W main line at [[Hartlebury]] to the south. The [[Kidderminster Loop Line]] connecting [[Kidderminster]] to Bewdley, which is now used by the present day SVR, opened in 1878. The area between the two lines is commonly referred to as the [[Stourport Triangle]] or Bewdley Triangle. In the picture, the original path of the Severn Valley Railway is the line curving away to the right. A set of points allows entry to the sidings in the triangle, added by the SVR during preservation.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Description of the Stourport branch==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Description of the Stourport branch==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>From Hartlebury Station (131 miles 68 chains), the Severn Valley Branch began around 600 yards to the north at Hartlebury Junction (132m 15ch)<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, of</del>. From there the line curved to the west towards Stourport. After around 840 yards the line passed over the main Kidderminster to Worcester road, now the A449. The bridge was demolished in 1985 although the sandstone abutments are still in situ. The view below is looking north with Stourport to the left.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>From Hartlebury Station (131 miles 68 chains), the Severn Valley Branch began around 600 yards to the north at Hartlebury Junction (132m 15ch). From there the line curved to the west towards Stourport. After around 840 yards the line passed over the main Kidderminster to Worcester road, now the A449. The bridge was demolished in 1985 although the sandstone abutments are still in situ. The view below is looking north with Stourport to the left.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><gallery mode=packed heights=150px style="text-align:left"></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><gallery mode=packed heights=150px style="text-align:left"></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Underbridge_A449_20201107.jpg | Abutments of the former underbridge on the A449 near Hartlebury</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Underbridge_A449_20201107.jpg | Abutments of the former underbridge on the A449 near Hartlebury</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></gallery></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></gallery></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Beyond Milepost 133 the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">live </del>was crossed by two overbridges. Charlton Lane, a minor road between the nearby villages of Torton and Charlton, crossed the Branch via the first (133m 13ch). The second (133m 28ch) appears from early OS maps to have been associated with a smaller track and may have been an [[List of infrastructure # Types of bridge and crossing |accommodation bridge]]. The maps also show the presence of a foot crossing next to a building between the two bridges. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">  </del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Beyond Milepost 133 the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">line </ins>was crossed by two overbridges. Charlton Lane, a minor road between the nearby villages of Torton and Charlton, crossed the Branch via the first (133m 13ch). The second (133m 28ch) appears from early OS maps to have been associated with a smaller track and may have been an [[List of infrastructure # Types of bridge and crossing |accommodation bridge]]. The maps also show the presence of a foot crossing next to a building between the two bridges.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><gallery mode=packed heights=150px style="text-align:left"></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><gallery mode=packed heights=150px style="text-align:left"></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Charlton_Lane_Overbridge_20201107.jpg|Charlton Lane Overbridge looking east</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Charlton_Lane_Overbridge_20201107.jpg|Charlton Lane Overbridge looking east</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l49" >Line 49:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 49:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></gallery></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></gallery></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Leapgate Private Sidings]] (135m 53ch) were opened on 28 August 1939 to serve a depot of the Regent Oil Company (named Texaco after 1967). The line then entered a cutting at Wilden, a third of a mile long and 60ft deep. It would have been simpler to build a tunnel of that length and depth, but this would not have created sufficient spoil to build the large embankment required in the Stour valley beyond. The cutting was created by the unusual method of driving a tunnel with shafts through the hard sandstone, installing rails, dropping the softer upper material down the shafts into wagons to avoid lifting it, and finally blasting the hard rock underneath to compete the cutting. The west end of the cutting was the site of a [[Wilden Sand Siding|siding serving a sand quarry]] and later used to store coal wagons waiting to enter [[Stourport Power Station]]. Wilden Top Road passed over the cutting via a brick overbridge of 54 ft span. The view below is looking west towards Stourport; the sand quarry was on the right beyond the bridge. The OS map extract shows Wilden Top Road (centre) with Leapgate Private Sidings south of the line (right) and the Sand Quarry siding to the north of it (left). Wilden Lane is on the extreme left. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">  </del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Leapgate Private Sidings]] (135m 53ch) were opened on 28 August 1939 to serve a depot of the Regent Oil Company (named Texaco after 1967). The line then entered a cutting at Wilden, a third of a mile long and 60ft deep. It would have been simpler to build a tunnel of that length and depth, but this would not have created sufficient spoil to build the large embankment required in the Stour valley beyond. The cutting was created by the unusual method of driving a tunnel with shafts through the hard sandstone, installing rails, dropping the softer upper material down the shafts into wagons to avoid lifting it, and finally blasting the hard rock underneath to compete the cutting. The west end of the cutting was the site of a [[Wilden Sand Siding|siding serving a sand quarry]] and later used to store coal wagons waiting to enter [[Stourport Power Station]]. Wilden Top Road passed over the cutting via a brick overbridge of 54 ft span. The view below is looking west towards Stourport; the sand quarry was on the right beyond the bridge. The OS map extract shows Wilden Top Road (centre) with Leapgate Private Sidings south of the line (right) and the Sand Quarry siding to the north of it (left). Wilden Lane is on the extreme left.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><gallery mode=packed heights=150px style="text-align:left"></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><gallery mode=packed heights=150px style="text-align:left"></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l85" >Line 85:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 85:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1929 the GWR opened an intermediate halt on the branch between Bewdley and [[Stourport]] at [[Burlish Halt|Burlish]], just on the Stourport side of [[Mount Pleasant Tunnel]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1929 the GWR opened an intermediate halt on the branch between Bewdley and [[Stourport]] at [[Burlish Halt|Burlish]], just on the Stourport side of [[Mount Pleasant Tunnel]].</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After passing through Mount Pleasant Tunnel, there are two underbridges on the branch before [[Bewdley South signal box |Bewdley South Junction]] is reached. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>Both are included in the [[Wyre Forest District Council Local Heritage List]]. The first (item SVR022*) is a large stone and brick arched bridge with a 30 ft span and 28 ft high, lying on the publicly accessible track from the Bewdley Bypass to the farm near Safari Park curve and also to the [[Devil's Spittleful (Rifle Range) Bridge]] leading to the [[Rifle Range Halt | Devil's Spittleful & Rifle Range heathland]]. The second (item SVR023*) is an Occupation Underbridge connecting fields on each side of the line.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After passing through Mount Pleasant Tunnel, there are two underbridges on the branch before [[Bewdley South signal box |Bewdley South Junction]] is reached. Both are included in the [[Wyre Forest District Council Local Heritage List]]. The first (item SVR022*) is a large stone and brick arched bridge with a 30 ft span and 28 ft high, lying on the publicly accessible track from the Bewdley Bypass to the farm near Safari Park curve and also to the [[Devil's Spittleful (Rifle Range) Bridge]] leading to the [[Rifle Range Halt | Devil's Spittleful & Rifle Range heathland]]. The second (item SVR023*) is an Occupation Underbridge connecting fields on each side of the line.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><gallery></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><gallery></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>File:SVR023star 20160514.jpg | SVR023*</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>File:SVR023star 20160514.jpg | SVR023*</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l98" >Line 98:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 98:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>No obvious traces of the Power Station or its branch line remain, all four bridges having since been demolished and the embankments levelled for the development of housing estates. The area between the canal bridge at Stourport as far as the former Burlish Crossing, including the site of the former Stourport Station, is now also completely occupied by housing.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>No obvious traces of the Power Station or its branch line remain, all four bridges having since been demolished and the embankments levelled for the development of housing estates. The area between the canal bridge at Stourport as far as the former Burlish Crossing, including the site of the former Stourport Station, is now also completely occupied by housing.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The SVR owns the track bed of the Stourport Branch from Bewdley through Mount Pleasant Tunnel to a point 302 yards beyond its southern portal, a short way north of Burlish Halt. It was acquired by the SVR when the southern extension from [[Alveley Sidings]] to [[Foley Park]] was purchased in December 1972. The trackbed running past houses was immediately sold off as garden extensions, thus offsetting part of the purchase price (the SVR had in effect acted as agents for the local residents' association).<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">) </del>The purchase included the modern footbridge and the Halt at Burlish, the platform of which was made from precast concrete sections. Both footbridge and platform were dismantled and stored at [[Arley]] for many years before being sold.<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=1067 Peter Pearson and Chris Walton, SVR Forum thread, 21-22 February 2009]</ref>  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The SVR owns the track bed of the Stourport Branch from Bewdley through Mount Pleasant Tunnel to a point 302 yards beyond its southern portal, a short way north of Burlish Halt. It was acquired by the SVR when the southern extension from [[Alveley Sidings]] to [[Foley Park]] was purchased in December 1972. The trackbed running past houses was immediately sold off as garden extensions, thus offsetting part of the purchase price (the SVR had in effect acted as agents for the local residents' association). The purchase included the modern footbridge and the Halt at Burlish, the platform of which was made from precast concrete sections. Both footbridge and platform were dismantled and stored at [[Arley]] for many years before being sold.<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=1067 Peter Pearson and Chris Walton, SVR Forum thread, 21-22 February 2009]</ref>  </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979#1973 | 1973 Light Railway Order]] allowed the SVR to operate over this section, although it has never been used for public services. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>The first &frac34; mile was re-laid in 1975 for filming of [[The Seven-Per-Cent Solution]] to take place. Part of this short length of track is now used as a siding.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979#1973 | 1973 Light Railway Order]] allowed the SVR to operate over this section, although it has never been used for public services. The first &frac34; mile was re-laid in 1975 for filming of [[The Seven-Per-Cent Solution]] to take place. Part of this short length of track is now used as a siding.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In December 2010 an attempt to build a [[Wagon Review Group|two-road shed]] for the storage of up to 50 wagons on the course of the trackbed of the branch failed when the HLF turned down an application for funding.<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=1133&highlight=hlf Fathers, P., SVR Forum 10 December 2010] (Retrieved 4 January 2018</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In December 2010 an attempt to build a [[Wagon Review Group|two-road shed]] for the storage of up to 50 wagons on the course of the trackbed of the branch failed when the HLF turned down an application for funding.<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=1133&highlight=hlf Fathers, P., SVR Forum 10 December 2010] (Retrieved 4 January 2018</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This </del>was the route of the original Severn Valley <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">line </del>dating from 1862, connecting [[Bewdley]] and stations to the north with the main line at [[Hartlebury]] to the south. The [[Kidderminster]] to Bewdley <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">link </del>used by the present day SVR opened in 1878.  The area between the two lines is commonly referred to as the [[Stourport Triangle]] or Bewdley Triangle.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">What is now referred to as the '''Stourport Branch''' </ins>was the route of the original Severn Valley <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Branch </ins>dating from 1862, connecting [[Bewdley]] and stations to the north with the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">OW&W </ins>main line at [[Hartlebury]] to the south. The <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Kidderminster Loop Line]] connecting </ins>[[Kidderminster]] to Bewdley<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, which is now </ins>used by the present day SVR<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>opened in 1878.  The area between the two lines is commonly referred to as the [[Stourport Triangle]] or Bewdley Triangle.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the picture, the original path of the Severn Valley Railway is the line curving away to the right. A set of points allows entry to the sidings in the triangle, added by the SVR during preservation.   </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the picture, the original path of the Severn Valley Railway is the line curving away to the right. A set of points allows entry to the sidings in the triangle, added by the SVR during preservation.   </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">There was </del>an intermediate halt on the branch between Bewdley and [[Stourport]], just on the Stourport side of [[Mount Pleasant Tunnel<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] at [[Burlish Halt|Burlish</del>]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">In 1929 the GWR opened </ins>an intermediate halt on the branch between Bewdley and [[Stourport<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] at [[Burlish Halt|Burlish</ins>]], just on the Stourport side of [[Mount Pleasant Tunnel]] .</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The trackbed of the Stourport line as far as Burlish Park was acquired by the SVR when the southern extension was purchased. The trackbed running past houses was immediately sold off as garden extensions, thus offsetting part of the purchase price (the SVR had in effect acted as agents for the local residents' association).) The purchase included the modern footbridge and the Halt at Burlish, the platform of which was made from precast concrete sections. Both footbridge and platform were dismantled and stored at [[Arley]] for many years before being sold.<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=1067 Peter Pearson and Chris Walton, SVR Forum thread, 21-22 February 2009]</ref>  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The trackbed of the Stourport line as far as Burlish Park was acquired by the SVR when the southern extension was purchased. The trackbed running past houses was immediately sold off as garden extensions, thus offsetting part of the purchase price (the SVR had in effect acted as agents for the local residents' association).) The purchase included the modern footbridge and the Halt at Burlish, the platform of which was made from precast concrete sections. Both footbridge and platform were dismantled and stored at [[Arley]] for many years before being sold.<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=1067 Peter Pearson and Chris Walton, SVR Forum thread, 21-22 February 2009]</ref>  </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In December 2010 an attempt to build a [[Wagon Review Group|two-road shed]] for the storage of up to 50 wagons on the course of the trackbed of the branch failed when the HLF turned down an application for funding.<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=1133&highlight=hlf Fathers, P., SVR Forum 10 December 2010] (Retrieved 4 January 2018</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In December 2010 an attempt to build a [[Wagon Review Group|two-road shed]] for the storage of up to 50 wagons on the course of the trackbed of the branch failed when the HLF turned down an application for funding.<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=1133&highlight=hlf Fathers, P., SVR Forum 10 December 2010] (Retrieved 4 January 2018</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 2015, Rail Safety Solutions (RSS) entered an agreement with the SVR to lease the branch as far as Mount Pleasant tunnel, for the purposes of training Network Rail apprentices in track laying and maintenance. In exchange, the SVR would gain ongoing training for its own staff, as well as use of the relaid track for occasional train services.<ref>SVR News 192, "General Manager's Notes", Nick Ralls</ref> A small section of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">recently </del>relaid track can be seen on the site, along with a hoarding bearing the logos of RSS, Auctus Training Solutions and the SVR.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 2015, Rail Safety Solutions (RSS) entered an agreement with the SVR to lease the branch as far as Mount Pleasant tunnel, for the purposes of training Network Rail apprentices in track laying and maintenance. In exchange, the SVR would gain ongoing training for its own staff, as well as use of the relaid track for occasional train services.<ref>SVR News 192, "General Manager's Notes", Nick Ralls</ref> A small section of relaid track can be seen on the site, along with a hoarding bearing the logos of RSS, Auctus Training Solutions and the SVR.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 2015, Rail Safety Solutions (RSS) entered an agreement with the SVR to lease the branch as far as Mount Pleasant tunnel, for the purposes of training Network Rail apprentices in track laying and maintenance. In exchange, the SVR will gain ongoing training for its own staff, as well as use of the relaid track for occasional train services.<ref>SVR News 192, "General Manager's Notes", Nick Ralls</ref> A small section of recently relaid track can be seen on the site, along with a hoarding bearing the logos of RSS, Auctus Training Solutions and the SVR.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 2015, Rail Safety Solutions (RSS) entered an agreement with the SVR to lease the branch as far as Mount Pleasant tunnel, for the purposes of training Network Rail apprentices in track laying and maintenance. In exchange, the SVR will gain ongoing training for its own staff, as well as use of the relaid track for occasional train services.<ref>SVR News 192, "General Manager's Notes", Nick Ralls</ref> A small section of recently relaid track can be seen on the site, along with a hoarding bearing the logos of RSS, Auctus Training Solutions and the SVR.</div></td></tr>
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