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A set of sidings between [[Highley]] and [[Hampton Loade]] at MP 144m 8 1/2c, opened on 30/01/1939 , built to serve the newly built Alveley Colliery, which was located across the river. The sidings were opened in the 1930s, and were kept in use beyond the closure of the line between [[Bewdley]] and [[Shrewsbury]] in 1963, accessed from the Bewdley end. However, and formed an early boundary between the SVR and BR. Alveley mine became uneconomical to work in the late 1960s and was closed in 1969, with the sidings and line North of Bewdley being closed at the same time, as no other source of traffic remained.

The sidings were access accessed via two ground frames, [[Alveley North ground frame|Alveley North]] and [[Alveley South ground frame|Alveley South]], which were unlocked by the [[Highley signal box|Highley]]-[[Hampton Loade signal box|Hampton Loade]] token. An intermediate token instrument was provided in a cabin between the two ground frames, with direct telephone lines to Highley Signal Box and Hampton Loade Booking Office, as well as the Worcester Exchange-Bridgnorth Signal Box omnibus line. The intermediate instrument to allow trains to be locked in so that other traffic could pass on the main line whilst the sidings were being shunted.

The layout on the GWR side consisted of a front loop line, with a capacity of 50 wagons , and a number of other sidings and headshunts. Two connections to the private sidings were provided, one at the South end leading to the empty wagon sidings, which held 40 wagons, and another at the North end leading to the loaded wagon sidings, holding 36 wagons. The two rakes of private sidings were connected internally via the coal screens, where coal was loaded into the wagons. GWR locomotives were used to set down and pick up wagons on these sidings, but were otherwise not allowed in the private sidings.