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:[[LMS Stanier 8F 48773|LMS Stanier 8F No 48773]] (LMS 8233) arrived in steam on 4 January.
:During January BR announced that thy they proposed to end passenger services between Hartlebury, Bewdley and Kidderminster from 7 April 1969 (the closure actually took place in [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979#1970|January 1970]]). The SVR had already announced an intention to purchase the section from Alveley to Bewdley following this closure, and were in contact with BR<ref name=SVRNews11/>.
:[[Alveley Colliery]] closed at the end of January 1969, following which BR officially closed the adjacent section of the line from [[Alveley Sidings|Alveley]] to [[Bewdley]]. Technically the area north of Bewdley was a closed siding under BR control and therefore subject to the recently imposed BR steam ban. Early in 1969, BR banned steam operations by the SVR, a blow which made the SVR members all the more determined to re-open the line.
