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clarify that the building of sidings and canal basin pre-dated the power station
[[File:BritainFromAbove StourportPS 1948.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Stourport Power Station from the air in 1948. The exchange sidings are in the top left, with the coal drops in the middle of the image. Note the smoke stacks are painted in camouflage colours. Image from [http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/eaw013590 Britain from Above]]]
Coal was initially delivered to the power station via the [[River Severn]] or the [[Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal]] (which can be seen passing under the SVR at [[Falling Sands Viaduct]]). In 1885 The additional sidings and a canal basin were built to allow coal to be delivered by rail as far as at [[Stourport | Stourport stationStation]]in 1885 allowed coal to be brought there by rail, then transshipped to boats for the final leg of its journey to the power station. In 1940 a branch line from Stourport along an embankment was constructed so that coal could be brought in directly by rail. A portion of the coal for Stourport Power Station came from [[Collieries served by the Severn Valley Railway]], with approximately 30% of the output of Alveley Colliery being sent to the power station. The majority of the coal came from Cannock Chase, with such coal arriving at Hartlebury from Stourbridge, often behind a Midland engine. A shunting locomotive was stationed at Hartlebury to shuttle coal wagons between there and Stourbridge.<ref>[[Tales_from_the_Severn_Valley#Coal_for_Stourport_Power_Station | Recollection of former NCB employee]]</ref> A former NCB employee's recollections of coal workings can be found in [[Tales_from_the_Severn_Valley#Coal_for_Stourport_Power_Station|Tales from the Severn Valley]].
A second power station on the site was opened on 26 September 1950; this became known as Stourport B with the earlier station becoming Stourport A.
