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==1971==
[[File:Bridgnorth railway station - March 1971 001timetable002.jpg | |thumb|200px400px|right| Bridgnorth in 1971 (Wikimedia Commons)timetable]]
The first full year of SVR operation saw the arrival of [[Sir Gerald Nabarro]].
'''March 1971''': [[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46521|LMS Ivatt Mogul 2MT No 46521]] arrived from [[Barry Scrapyard]] on 20 March (later to become the first Barry restoration to enter service on the SVR in 1974)
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Bridgnorth railway station - March 1971 001.jpg | Bridgnorth in March 1971 (Wikimedia Commons)
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'''April 1971''':
:[[BR Standard Class 7 70000 Britannia|BR Standard 7MT No 70000 Britannia]] arrived on 9 April.
:On 10 April the SVR’s first Diesel, [[John Fowler 150hp Diesel Shunter No 17 Highflyer|Highflyer]] arrived. A summer timetable began on the same day between [[Bridgnorth]] and [[Hampton Loade]], running at weekends and bank holidays until 31 October, with an hourly service on the busiest days operated by either one or two steam locos plus [[Railcar 22]]. The timetable was as follows: {| class="wikitable"! colspan="11" style="text-align: left" | Saturdays|-| colspan="2" style="border-bottom: none" | | style="text-align:center" | D| style="text-align:center" | D| style="text-align:center" | A| style="text-align:center" | D ||| style="text-align:center" | B ||| style="text-align:center" | B| style="text-align:center" | C|-| style="border-right: none; border-bottom: none" | Bridgnorth || style="border-left: none; border-bottom: none | d | style="text-align:center; border-bottom: none" | 09:00 | style="text-align:center; border-bottom: none" | 11:00| style="text-align:center; border-bottom: none" | 12:00| style="text-align:center; border-bottom: none" | 13:00| style="text-align:center; border-bottom: none" | 14:00| style="text-align:center; border-bottom: none" | 15:00| style="text-align:center; border-bottom: none" | 16:00| style="text-align:center; border-bottom: none" | 17:00| style="text-align:center; border-bottom: none" | 18:00|-| Eardington || d || 09:08 || 11:08 || 12:10 || 13:08 || 14:10 || 15:10 || 16:10 || 17:10 || 18:10|-| Hampton Loade || a || 09:15 || 11:15 || 12:20 || 13:15 || 14:20 || 15:20 || 16:20 || 17:20 || 18:20|-| colspan="11" ||-| Hampton Loade || d || 09:30 || 11:30 || 12:35 || 13:30 || 14:35 || 15:35 || 16:35 || 17:35 || 18:35|-| Eardington || d || 09:38 || 11:38 || 12:45 || 13:38 || 14:45 || 15:45 || 16:45 || 17:45 || 18:45|-| Bridgnorth || a || 09:45 || 11:45 || 12:55 || 13:45 || 14:55 || 15:55 || 16:55 || 17:55 || 18:55|-|} {| class="wikitable"! colspan="9" style="text-align: left" | Sundays & Bank Holidays|-| colspan="2" style="border-bottom: none" | | | style="text-align:center" | A ||| style="text-align:center" | B ||| style="text-align:center" | B| style="text-align:center" | C|-| style="border-right: none; border-bottom: none" | Bridgnorth || style="border-left: none; border-bottom: none | d | style="text-align:center; border-bottom: none" | 12:00| style="text-align:center; border-bottom: none" | 13:00| style="text-align:center; border-bottom: none" | 14:00| style="text-align:center; border-bottom: none" | 15:00| style="text-align:center; border-bottom: none" | 16:00| style="text-align:center; border-bottom: none" | 17:00| style="text-align:center; border-bottom: none" | 18:00|-| Eardington || d || 12:10 || 13:10 || 14:10 || 15:10 || 16:10 || 17:10 || 18:10|-| Hampton Loade || a || 12:20 || 13:20 || 14:20 || 15:20 || 16:20 || 17:20 || 18:20|-| colspan="11" ||-| Hampton Loade || d || 12:35 || 13:35 || 14:35 || 15:35 || 16:35 || 17:35 || 18:35|-| Eardington || d || 12:45 || 13:45 || 14:45 || 15:45 || 16:45 || 17:45 || 18:45|-| Bridgnorth || a || 12:55 || 13:55 || 14:55 || 15:55 || 16:55 || 17:55 || 18:55|-|} {|| Notes: || A || Bank Holiday weekends only |-| || B || June, July and August, plus Bank Holiday weekends and as required. May be operated by diesel railcar.|-| || C || June, July, August and Bank Holiday weekends only|-| || D || Diesel railcar "Shoppers'" Service|-|}
'''May 1971''':
:[[Sir Gerald Nabarro]], the Conservative MP for South Worcestershire, advised the line to form a holdings company and to raise the cash for purchase of the southern portion of the line through a [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC#Share_offers|share offer]]. At the [[Guarantee Company]] AGM on 1 May 1971 Nabarro was elected to the Board of Directors, and the plans were announced to form the [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC|Public Company]]. This would have a capital of £150,000, of which £110,000 would be new money raised by the public share issue. The [[Severn Valley Railway Company Limited|Guarantee Company]] would be wound up, with £40,000 of shares being vested in a Members’ Association, the [[Severn Valley Railway Association]], in exchange for the assets it formerly held in the northern section. However in late 1971 it transpired that it was not possible to transfer the Light Railway Order from the Guarantee Company to another company, hence that company would need to remain in existence. The meeting was then adjourned until later in the year.
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Nabarro_1971.jpg| Sir Gerald Nabarro on the footplate of [[45110]] at Bridgnorth in 1971
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:[[BR Riddles 4MT 80079|BR Standard 4MT 2-6-4T No 80079]] arrived from [[Barry Scrapyard]] on 15 May.
