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2018 reverts to non-advertised operation.
The train does one full return trip from [[Kidderminster]] to [[Bridgnorth]], normally departing from the dock platform nearest the museum and using platform 2 at Bridgnorth, with food served on the outward leg of the journey. The service is pre-book only.
===Operation until 1978-2012and in 2017===
The Severn Valley Limited first ran in summer 1978<ref>SVR News 49</ref>. Until 2012 the train also carried limited seating for non-dining passengers.
In 2017 it again appeared in the public timetable, with limited public seating. All trains, including the diner, were pathed to standard timings and have additional dwell time at stations built in to assist in making up time if the service runs late. The 'Limited' set S was reduced to four coaches in order to allow the railway to operate smaller locomotives during the week, although a saloon may be added. On a Sunday the ‘Limited’ has two vehicles added to allow three coaches for standard passenger accommodation to reduce the gap in the passenger service. Where possible, the set runs as a maximum six coach length train, again in order to assist the use of smaller motive power.<ref>[http://www.svrlive.com/2017-working-timetables Steven Chapple Operations Manager in '2017 Working Timetables', SVRLive, 17 February 2017] (Retrieved 19 March 2017)</ref> ===Operation 2013-2016and from 2018===
From 2013-16 it ran as a dedicated train with only one pre-booked sitting, not featured in the public timetable. It was fomed as a five carriage train and had available only the 30 seats in the brake for non-diners, and so did not carry standard passengers. It was timetabled with restricted stops and in the down direction stopped only at [[Bewdley]] and [[Hampton Loade]] for pathing, crossing the up trains, otherwise running non-stop to Bridgnorth. On the return it stopped to set down at [[Highley]], so diners could opt to visit [[The Engine House]], then running fast to Kidderminster.<ref>[http://forum.svra.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=2774 'Why is SVR Limited now just for diners?', SVR Online forum] (Retrieved 19 March 2017)</ref>
From 2018 it reverts to being non-advertised train.
==Wheelchair access==
There is no wheelchair access. The second phase of the SVR's wheelchair project involves rebuilding [[BR 80776 Brake Gangwayed|BR brake 80776]] to provide dining accommodation for up to 16 wheelchair users in [[Carriages#Set S | Set S]]. [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | SVR Charitable Trust]] Chairman Hugh McQuade in 2016 explained "We’ve come up with an innovative zig-zag layout for the tables, that means we can allow for many different configurations of wheelchairs and conventional seating. As far as we know, nothing like this exists anywhere else in Britain. The expansion of the Railway’s existing wheelchair-accessible fleet and the creation of a dedicated dining car mean that we’ll be able to offer charter and party facilities for large groups of people with disabilities.<ref>[http://www.svrlive.com/wheelchair-access 'Charitable Trust wins £75k!', SVRLive, 25 May 2016] (Retrieved 19 March 2017)</ref>
== Links See also ==[http://www.svr.co.uk/DiningCart-Start.aspx Dining [Severn Valley Venturer]] Two dining carriages attached to a normal service train information and booking on www.svr.co.uk]
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== See Also Links ==[[Severn Valley Venturer]http://www.svr.co.uk/DiningCart-Start.aspx Dining train information and booking on www.svr.co.uk] Two dining carriages attached to a normal service train
