June 14

On June 14 in SVR history.

1860 an Act of Parliament confirmed a 999 year lease of the Severn Valley Railway Company to the Oxford Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway who agreed to run the line.^[1]
1879 Henry Orlando Bridgeman, SVR engineer, died.
1893 The GWR authorised improvements at Berrington and Cressage including construction of down platforms and passing loops and the extension of the up platforms.^[2]
1894 The above-mentioned improvements at Berrington were approved by the Board of Trade inspector, Major York.
1977 Newly preserved BR Class 52 D1013 Western Ranger joined sister D1062 Western Courier on the Torbay Steam Railway at Kingswear.^[3]
1980: The "Great Western Weekend" on 14-15 June saw 7 of the SVR's GWR engines in action (2857, 3205, 4930, 5164, 5764, 6960 and 7819).
2017 The Worcester Raceday raised £23,000 for the Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust^[4].
2024:Barry Railway Carriage 163, which had been under restoration at Hampton Loade since 1992, left the SVR for a new home at the Gwili Railway in south Wales.
2025: Sunday of the second Step Back to the 1940s weekend (held earlier in the year than normal).