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*1868 [[Eardington]] Station opened.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Mitchell and Smith (2007)]] fig. XI.</ref>*1869 [[Wyre Forest Line#Wyre Forest | Wyre Forest]] Station opened.<ref>"Branch Lines Around Cleobury Mortimer", Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith (2007), fig. 57</ref>*1878 The [[Kidderminster Loop Line]] opened.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] p. 84.</ref>*1895 The original [[Bridgnorth#Footbridge outside Bridgnorth Station|footbridge outside Bridgnorth Station]] was opened to the public.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Magner (1997)]] p. 105.</ref>*[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1965-1969#1967 | 1967]] Contracts were exchanged between BR and the SVR for the purchase of the line between [[Bridgnorth]] and [[Alveley Sidings]].<ref>SVR News 13</ref>*1987 [[7819|7819 Hinton Manor]] and [[75069]] returned to the SVR following the first part of that year's Cardigan Bay Express season.<ref>SVR News 85</ref>
*1989 The [[Bridgnorth#Footbridge outside Bridgnorth Station|Bridgnorth Footbridge Trust]] was registered as a charity, with the aim of building a replacement footbridge outside Bridgnorth Station.
*1996 The SVR had received a fax in February asking if the SVR did 'Thomas' weekends. Assured that they did, Mr Chee with his wife and young son had traveled from Malaysia to attend the weekend's event.<ref>SVR News 119</ref>
*[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2010-2019#2011 | 2011]] The SVR ran a special train with proceeds going to help the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway recover from two embankment collapses.
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