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Disabled access project 2021
In March 2018 the buffet adjacent to Platform 1 (but not the more recent toilet block and kitchen) was closed pending demolition of the buffet building, which took place from 16-19 July. [[BR 4593 Tourist Standard Open]] was moved to the dock in front of the buffet to be used as seating for staff and the public, with table service provided from the kitchen. In January 2020 a prefabricated timber buffet building was installed on the concrete plinth of the old buffet building, and 4593 was removed.
The main passenger access to island platforms 2 and 3 is via the [[Bewdley Station Footbridge|footbridge]], but the only access route for those with restricted mobility is via a barrow crossing at the opposite end of the platform, accessed through the [[Bewdley Down Yard]]. A 2021/22 project funded primarily by the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd|Charitable Trust]] to improve access includes a reinforced concrete path between the gates protecting the rail crossing and the yard gates adjoining the car park, with a branch to the existing disabled toilets; removal of the obtrusive GWR water tower on the island platform; improvements to the crossing itself; and appropriate signage<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/bloct21 Branch Lines, October 2021]</ref>.
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