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Kidderminster mainline station

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Kidderminster mainline station history: formatting bug as usual!!!!
By 1900 there had been an upsurge in excursion traffic to places like Blackpool and the Welsh coast resorts. In that year, in order to cater for longer trains, the northbound platform was extended beyond the Comberton Road bridge to create the "Excursion Platform" as it became known, with an additional access ramp from Comberton Road.<ref name="KDAHS"></ref> The extension required the re-siting of the [[Kidderminster Station signal box (c.1882-1973)| Kidderminster Station signal box]] which was demolished and rebuilt a few feet nearer the running line to improve visibility for the signalman.
In 1917 the Comberton Road bridge was widened and the southbound platform extended under bridge.<ref name="KDAHS"></ref>.
[[SVR staff in 1922#Severn Valley Railway (Kidderminster to Bridgnorth)|GWR staff records for 1922]] show the station had a staff of 57. This did not include those working in the goods depot, the locomotive shed (footplate men, fitters etc.) and Permanent Way department.
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