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The Severn Valley Railway is a standard gauge heritage railway in Shropshire and Worcestershire, England, named after the company that originally built the railway over which it now operates.[1]

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  1. 124 relations: Abandoned mine, Absolute block signalling, Advantage West Midlands, Alveley, Alveley Halt railway station, Annett's key, Avon Valley Railway, BBC Television, Beeching cuts, Berrington railway station, Bewdley, Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster line, Black Country, Bluebell Railway, Bridgnorth, Bridgnorth railway station, Bridgnorth Town Hall, British Rail Class 69, British Sugar, British Transport Commission, Buildwas railway station, Burlish Halt railway station, Campaign for Better Transport (United Kingdom), Candleshoe, Charles Dickens, Chiltern Railways, Coal, Coalport West railway station, Coalyard Miniature Railway, Cound Halt railway station, Country Park Halt railway station, Craven Arms, Cressage railway station, Dancing on the Edge (TV series), David Lindesay-Bethune, 15th Earl of Lindsay, David Niven, DB Cargo UK, Dean Forest Railway, Double-track railway, Droitwich Spa, Drop table, Eardington Halt railway station, European Regional Development Fund, Foley Park Halt railway station, Gerald Nabarro, Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, God's Wonderful Railway, Great Central Railway (heritage railway), Great Western Railway, GWR 4500 Class, ... Expand index (74 more) »

  2. 1862 establishments in the United Kingdom
  3. Bridgnorth
  4. Heritage railways in Shropshire
  5. Heritage railways in Worcestershire
  6. Ironbridge Gorge
  7. Kidderminster
  8. River Severn

Abandoned mine

An abandoned mine refers to a former mining or quarrying operation that is no longer in use and has no responsible entity to finance the cost of remediation and/or restoration of the mine feature or site.

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Absolute block signalling

Absolute block signalling is a British signalling block system designed to ensure the safe operation of a railway by allowing only one train to occupy a defined section of track (block) at a time.

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Advantage West Midlands

Advantage West Midlands was established in 1999 as one of nine regional development agencies (RDAs) in England.

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Alveley

Alveley is a village in the Severn Valley in southeast Shropshire, England, about south-southeast of Bridgnorth.

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Alveley Halt railway station

Alveley Halt was a halt on the original Severn Valley Line, situated between the villages of Highley and Alveley, in the English county of Shropshire.

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Annett's key

In British, Australian, French, and Swiss railway signalling, an Annett's key is a form of trapped-key interlocking that locks levers or other items of signalling apparatus, thereby serving as a portable form of interlocking.

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Avon Valley Railway

The Avon Valley Railway (AVR) is a standard gauge heritage railway in South Gloucestershire, England, operated by a local group, the Avon Valley Railway Company Ltd.

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BBC Television

BBC Television is a service of the BBC.

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Beeching cuts

The Beeching cuts, also colloquially referred to as the Beeching Axe, were a major series of route closures and service changes made as part of the restructuring of the nationalised railway system in Great Britain in the 1960s.

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Berrington railway station

Berrington railway station was a railway station on the Severn Valley line serving the village of Berrington, Shropshire.

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Bewdley

Bewdley is a town and civil parish in the Wyre Forest District in Worcestershire, England, on the banks of the River Severn.

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Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster line

The Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster line is a railway line which runs from Birmingham Snow Hill to Worcester via Stourbridge and Kidderminster in the West Midlands, England.

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Black Country

The Black Country is an area of England's West Midlands.

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Bluebell Railway

The Bluebell Railway is an heritage line in West Sussex in England.

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Bridgnorth

Bridgnorth is a town and civil parish in Shropshire, England.

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Bridgnorth railway station

Bridgnorth railway station is a station on the Severn Valley Railway heritage line, serving the Shropshire town of Bridgnorth, England. Severn Valley Railway and Bridgnorth railway station are Bridgnorth.

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Bridgnorth Town Hall

Bridgnorth Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England. Severn Valley Railway and Bridgnorth Town Hall are Bridgnorth.

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British Rail Class 69

The British Rail Class 69 is a class of diesel locomotives which are converted from locomotives.

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British Sugar

British Sugar plc is a subsidiary of Associated British Foods and the sole British producer of sugar from sugar beet, as well as medicinal cannabis.

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British Transport Commission

The British Transport Commission (BTC) was created by Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government as a part of its nationalisation programme, to oversee railways, canals and road freight transport in Great Britain (Northern Ireland had the separate Ulster Transport Authority).

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Buildwas railway station

Buildwas railway station was an isolated junction railway station on the Wellington to Craven Arms Railway and Severn Valley Railway. Severn Valley Railway and Buildwas railway station are Ironbridge Gorge.

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Burlish Halt railway station

Burlish Halt railway station was a station on the Severn Valley Railway in Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, England.

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Campaign for Better Transport (United Kingdom)

Campaign for Better Transport is an advocacy group in the United Kingdom that promotes sustainable transport, particularly bus and rail services.

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Candleshoe

Candleshoe is a 1977 American children's adventure comedy film, directed by Norman Tokar in a screenplay by David Swift and Rosemary Anne Sisson, produced by Walt Disney Productions, and distributed by Buena Vista.

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Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and social critic.

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Chiltern Railways

Chiltern Railways (legal name The Chiltern Railway Company Limited) is a British train operating company that has operated the Chiltern Railways franchise since July 1996.

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Coal

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams.

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Coalport West railway station

The GWR Coalport railway station, active 1862–1963, was originally built as a single through platform railway station on the Severn Valley Line serving the village of Coalport in Shropshire, England. Severn Valley Railway and Coalport West railway station are Ironbridge Gorge.

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Coalyard Miniature Railway

The Coalyard Miniature Railway, opened in 1988, and relaid in 1990 as a gauge railway, operates in the grounds of the Severn Valley Railway’s Kidderminster Town Station.

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Cound Halt railway station

Cound Halt was an unstaffed railway station on the Severn Valley line in Shropshire, England.

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Country Park Halt railway station

Country Park Halt is an unstaffed request stop on the Severn Valley Railway heritage line in Shropshire, situated near the west bank of the River Severn, about 300 yards north of the footbridge between Highley and Alveley in the Severn Valley.

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Craven Arms

Craven Arms is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England.

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Cressage railway station

Cressage railway station was a stop on the Severn Valley Railway; it served the village of Cressage in Shropshire, England.

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Dancing on the Edge (TV series)

Dancing on the Edge is a British television drama written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff and produced by the BBC about a black jazz band in London in the early 1930s.

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David Lindesay-Bethune, 15th Earl of Lindsay

David Lindesay-Bethune, 15th Earl of Lindsay (9 February 1926 – 1 October 1989), styled Viscount Garnock between 1943 and 1985, was a British soldier.

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David Niven

James David Graham Niven (1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983) was a British actor, soldier, memoirist, and novelist.

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DB Cargo UK

DB Cargo UK (formerly DB Schenker Rail UK and English, Welsh & Scottish Railway), is a British rail freight company owned by Deutsche Bahn AG and headquartered in Doncaster, England.

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Dean Forest Railway

The Dean Forest Railway is a long heritage railway that runs between Lydney and Parkend in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire.

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Double-track railway

A double-track railway usually involves running one track in each direction, compared to a single-track railway where trains in both directions share the same track.

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Droitwich Spa

Droitwich Spa (often abbreviated to Droitwich) is a historic spa town in the Wychavon district in northern Worcestershire, England, on the River Salwarpe.

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Drop table

A drop table or wheel drop is a device used in railway engineering during maintenance jobs that require the removal of locomotive or rolling stock wheelsets.

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Eardington Halt railway station

Eardington Halt, originally named Eardington, is a railway station on the Severn Valley Railway near Eardington, south of Bridgnorth, in Shropshire.

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European Regional Development Fund

The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is one of the European Structural and Investment Funds allocated by the European Union.

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Foley Park Halt railway station

Foley Park Halt was the first stop on the GWR Kidderminster to Bewdley loop line which now forms part of the Severn Valley Railway.

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Gerald Nabarro

Sir Gerald David Nunes Nabarro (29 June 1913 – 18 November 1973) was a British businessman and Conservative Party politician who was an MP from 1950 until his death.

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Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway

The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWR, GWSR or Gloucs-Warks Steam Railway) is a volunteer-run heritage railway which runs along the Gloucestershire/Worcestershire border of the Cotswolds in England.

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God's Wonderful Railway

God's Wonderful Railway is a British children's drama television series made by the BBC.

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Great Central Railway (heritage railway)

The Great Central Railway (GCR) is a heritage railway in Leicestershire, England, named after the company that originally built this stretch of railway.

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Great Western Railway

The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales.

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GWR 4500 Class

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 4500 Class or Small Prairie is a class of 2-6-2T steam locomotives.

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GWR 5700 Class

The GWR 5700 Class (or 57xx class) is a class of steam locomotive built by the Great Western Railway (GWR) and British Railways (BR) between 1929 and 1950.

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GWR 7800 Class 7802 Bradley Manor

7802 Bradley Manor is a 7800 'Manor' Class 4-6-0 steam locomotive.

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Hampton Loade

Hampton Loade is a hamlet in Shropshire, England along the Severn Valley.

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Hampton Loade railway station

Hampton Loade railway station is a station on the Severn Valley Railway heritage line, close to the hamlet of Hampton on the western bank of the River Severn; Hampton Loade itself is on the eastern bank, and can no longer be reached by the Hampton Loade Ferry across the river as this has ceased operation.

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Hartlebury

Hartlebury is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England.

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Heritage railway

A heritage railway or heritage railroad (U.S. usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past.

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Highley

Highley is a large village in Shropshire, England, on the west bank of the River Severn and 7 miles south east of Bridgnorth, the closest cities being Wolverhampton and Birmingham.

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History of rail transport in Great Britain 1948–1994

The history of rail transport in Great Britain 1948–1994 covers the period when the British railway system was nationalised under the name of 'British Railways', latterly known as British Rail until its eventual privatisation in 1994.

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Ironbridge and Broseley railway station

Ironbridge and Broseley railway station was a stop on the Severn Valley Railway Line; it served the towns of Ironbridge and Broseley in Shropshire, England. Severn Valley Railway and Ironbridge and Broseley railway station are Ironbridge Gorge.

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Ironbridge power stations

The Ironbridge power stations (also known as the Buildwas power stations) refers to two power stations that occupied a site on the banks of the River Severn at Buildwas in Shropshire, England. Severn Valley Railway and Ironbridge power stations are Ironbridge Gorge and river Severn.

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Jackfield Halt railway station

Jackfield Halt was an unstaffed request stop on the Severn Valley line in Shropshire, England. Severn Valley Railway and Jackfield Halt railway station are Ironbridge Gorge.

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Jodie Foster

Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and filmmaker.

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Kidderminster

Kidderminster is a market town and civil parish in Worcestershire, England, south-west of Birmingham and north of Worcester.

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Kidderminster (UK Parliament constituency)

Kidderminster was a parliamentary constituency in Worcestershire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Severn Valley Railway and Kidderminster (UK Parliament constituency) are Kidderminster.

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Kidderminster Town railway station

Kidderminster Town is a railway station situated in the town of Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England.

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LED lamp

An LED lamp or LED light is an electric light that produces light using light-emitting diodes (LEDs).

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Light Railways Act 1896

The Light Railways Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 48) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Linley Halt railway station

Linley, later Linley Halt, was a small railway station on the Severn Valley line in Shropshire, England.

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Listed building

In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural and/or historic interest deserving of special protection.

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Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire

This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire.

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Mercian Way

The Mercian Way is a long cycle path that runs from Salisbury in Wiltshire to Chester in Cheshire.

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In machining, a metal lathe or metalworking lathe is a large class of lathes designed for precisely machining relatively hard materials.

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Motive power depot

A motive power depot (MPD) or locomotive depot, or traction maintenance depot (TMD), is where locomotives are usually housed, repaired and maintained.

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Much Wenlock

Much Wenlock is a market town and parish in Shropshire, England; it is situated on the A458 road between Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth.

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National Lottery Heritage Fund

The National Lottery Heritage Fund, formerly the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), distributes a share of National Lottery funding, supporting a wide range of heritage projects across the United Kingdom.

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National Rail

National Rail (NR) is the trading name licensed for use by the Rail Delivery Group, an unincorporated association whose membership consists of the passenger train operating companies (TOCs) of England, Scotland, and Wales.

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Network Rail

Network Rail Limited is the owner (via its subsidiary Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, which was known as Railtrack plc before 2002) and infrastructure manager of most of the railway network in Great Britain.

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North Yorkshire Moors Railway

The North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) is a heritage railway in North Yorkshire, England, that runs through the North York Moors National Park.

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Northwood Halt railway station

Northwood Halt is an unstaffed request stop on the Severn Valley Railway in Worcestershire, situated a little to the north of Bewdley on the outskirts of the Wyre Forest at the north end of North Wood.

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Oxley, Wolverhampton

Oxley is a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, and a ward of the City of Wolverhampton Council.

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Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester

Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (Richard Alexander Walter George; born 26 August 1944) is a member of the British royal family.

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Request stop

In public transport, a request stop, flag stop, or whistle stop is a stop or station at which buses or trains, respectively, stop only on request; that is, only if there are passengers or freight to be picked up or dropped off.

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Rifle Range Halt railway station

Rifle Range Halt was a short-lived unstaffed request stop on the GWR Kidderminster to Bewdley loop line which now forms part of the Severn Valley Railway.

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River Severn

The River Severn (Afon Hafren), at long, is the longest river in Great Britain. Severn Valley Railway and river Severn are Ironbridge Gorge.

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Robert Powell

Robert Powell (born 1 June 1944) is an English actor who is known for the title roles in Mahler (1974) and Jesus of Nazareth (1977), and for his portrayal of secret agent Richard Hannay in The Thirty Nine Steps (1978) and its subsequent spinoff television series.

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Severn Trent

Severn Trent plc is a water company based in Coventry, England.

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Severn Valley

The Severn Valley is a rural area of the West Midlands region of England, through which the River Severn runs and the Severn Valley Railway steam heritage line operates, starting at its northernmost point in Bridgnorth, Shropshire and running south for 16 miles (26 km) to Ribbesford, a few miles south of Bewdley, Worcestershire in the Wyre Forest. Severn Valley Railway and Severn Valley are river Severn.

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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is a 2011 period mystery action film and a sequel to the 2009 film Sherlock Holmes.

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Shrewsbury

("May Shrewsbury Flourish") --> Shrewsbury is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Shropshire, England.

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Shropshire

Shropshire (historically SalopAlso used officially as the name of the county from 1974–1980. The demonym for inhabitants of the county "Salopian" derives from this name. and abbreviated Shrops) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England, on the border with Wales.

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Silver Blaze (1977 film)

Silver Blaze is a 1977 British/Canadian television film directed by John Davies and starring Christopher Plummer and Thorley Walters.

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Single-track railway

A single-track railway is a railway where trains traveling in both directions share the same track.

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Standard-gauge railway

A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of.

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Stephen Poliakoff

Stephen Poliakoff (born 1 December 1952) is a British playwright, director and screenwriter.

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Stourport-on-Severn railway station

Stourport-on-Severn railway station was the main station in Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, England.

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Telford

Telford is a town in Shropshire, England.

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Tenbury and Bewdley Railway

The Tenbury and Bewdley Railway was an English railway company that built its line from Bewdley in Worcestershire to Tenbury station, which was in Shropshire.

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Tenbury Wells

Tenbury Wells (locally Tenbury) is a market town and civil parish in the northwestern extremity of the Malvern Hills District of Worcestershire, England.

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The Box of Delights (TV series)

The Box of Delights is a BBC Television adaptation of John Masefield's 1935 children's fantasy novel The Box of Delights starring Devin Stanfield, Patrick Troughton and Robert Stephens.

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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a 2005 high fantasy film directed by Andrew Adamson, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ann Peacock and the writing team of Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, based on the 1950 novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first published and second chronological novel in the children's book series The Chronicles of Narnia by C.

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The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution: Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D. is a 1974 novel by American writer Nicholas Meyer.

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The Signalman (A Ghost Story for Christmas)

"The Signalman" is a short film which serves as the sixth episode of the British supernatural anthology television series A Ghost Story for Christmas.

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The Thirty Nine Steps (1978 film)

The Thirty Nine Steps is a British 1978 thriller film directed by Don Sharp, with screenplay by British playwright Michael Robson, based on the novel The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan.

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Token (railway signalling)

In railway signalling, a token is a physical object which a train driver is required to have or see before entering onto a particular section of single track.

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Track circuit

A track circuit is an electrical device used to prove the absence of a train on rail tracks to signallers and control relevant signals.

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Train station

A train station, railroad station, or railroad depot (mainly North American terminology) and railway station (mainly UK and other Anglophone countries) is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight, or both.

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Trimpley

Trimpley (grid reference) is a hamlet in the parish of Kidderminster Foreign.

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Venice Simplon-Orient-Express

The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express (VSOE) is a private luxury train service from London to Venice and other European cities.

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Victoria Bridge, Worcestershire

The Victoria Bridge crosses the River Severn between Arley and Bewdley in Worcestershire, England.

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Virgin Books

Virgin Books is a British book publisher 90% owned by the publishing group Random House, and 10% owned by Virgin Group, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company.

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Walt Disney Pictures

Walt Disney Pictures is an American film production company and subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, a division of Disney Entertainment, which is owned by The Walt Disney Company.

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Watercress Line

The Watercress Line is the marketing name of the Mid-Hants Railway, a heritage railway in Hampshire, England, running from New Alresford to Alton where it connects to the National Rail network.

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Wellington, Shropshire

Wellington is a market town of Telford and a civil parish in the borough of Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England.

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West Midland Railway

The West Midland Railway was an early British railway company. Severn Valley Railway and West Midland Railway are Great Western Railway constituents.

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West Midlands Safari Park

West Midlands Safari Park is a safari park located in Bewdley in Worcestershire, England.

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West Somerset Railway

The West Somerset Railway (WSR) is a heritage railway line in Somerset, England.

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Western Region of British Railways

The Western Region was a region of British Railways from 1948.

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Wombourne branch line

The Wombourne branch (also known as the Wolverhampton and Kingswinford Railway) was a railway situated in the West Midlands, England.

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Woofferton

Woofferton is a village to the south of Ludlow, in Shropshire, England.

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Worcestershire

Worcestershire (written abbreviation: Worcs) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Yorton railway station

Yorton railway station serves the villages of Yorton and Clive in Shropshire, England.

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2007 United Kingdom floods

A series of large floods occurred in parts of the United Kingdom during the summer of 2007.

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See also

1862 establishments in the United Kingdom

Bridgnorth

Heritage railways in Shropshire

Heritage railways in Worcestershire

  • Severn Valley Railway

Ironbridge Gorge

Kidderminster

River Severn

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severn_Valley_Railway

Also known as Knowlesands Tunnel, Severn Valley Limited, Severn Valley Railway Act 1853, Severn Valley Railway Act 1855, Severn Valley Railway Act 1856, Severn Valley Venturer, The Engine House.

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