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__NOTOC__[[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 between July 1999 and April 2000 with financial assistance of £1,757,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund.<ref>SVR News 130 onwards</ref> 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. Track installation inside the shed by the P Way department was completed by the end of June 2000.<ref>SVR News 133</ref> A plaque on the side of the shed commemorates its formal opening by HRH The Duke of Gloucester on 29 November 2001.<gallery>Carriage_Shed_Plaque_20180408.jpg|Commemorative plaque</gallery>
==Layout==
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 56 carriages. 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.
