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[[File: Kidderminster_Carriage_Shed_20150610.jpg|thumb|300px|right| Kidderminster Carriage Shed]]
The Kidderminster Carriage Shed is located on the Kidderminster site out of sight from the Station platforms. The shed is both a carriage storage and maintenance building, and was constructed in 2003 by C21 Construction Limited between July 1999 and April 2000 with financial assistance from the Heritage Lottery Fund.<ref>[http:SVR News 130 onwards<//wwwref> The keys were formally handed to the SVR by the Carillion site manager on 19 April 2000; the same day saw the first rake of carriages propelled onto Road 1.expressandstarTrack installation inside the shed by the P Way department was completed by the end of June 2000.com/news/2014/12/27/building-contracts-signed-for-severn-valley-railway-depot/ Express & Star, 27 December 2014] (Retrieved 6 March 2017)<ref>SVR News 133</ref>.
The shed has 4 internal roads, and is flanked either side by two uncovered sidings. The shed is almost ¼ mile long, and is able to house approximately 16 carriages on each road. From left to right, the roads are numbered from 1 to 6. Roads 1 and 6 are the uncovered external roads; Roads 2 and 3 offer maintenance facilities, with there being a pit on road 2 for undertaking running maintenance. Finally roads 4 and 5 offer further maintenance, but contain a platform in the first half of the shed, which is able to facilitate the cleaning of the rolling stock.
