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During [[Bewdley|Bewdley station]] is situated in Wribbenhall, on the Bewdley to Kidderminster Road, on the opposite side of the [[River Severn]] to the 19th century town. From [[Construction of the Severn Valley Railway| construction of the Railway]] several sources , principally advertisements for hotels and inns, refer to an omnibus service between local bus services.Unlike Kidderminster and Stourport, Bewdley did not connect to the later [[BewdleyKidderminster and Stourport Electric Tramway #Proposed_Bewdley_extension | electric tramway]] and The George Hotel, Load Street.

==Dedicated railway bus service==Between at least between 1877 and 1898 an omnibus service plied between Bewdley station and The George Hotel, Load Street. In 1877 the service was described as a horse drawn omnibus, and a report of a collision records four passengers carried.<ref> [https://postlmg.cc/DWcHK5Z9 County Express; Brierley Hill, Stourbridge, Kidderminster, and Dudley News - Saturday 13 October 1877on 1877, on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref>

The George Hotel It is uncertain whether this service was advertising provided directly by the hotel or under some commercial arrangement with a local carrier, and whether it ran on demand or to a timetable. In 1885 a passenger unsuccessfully sued W.H.H. Blight (not the hotel or its proprietor) for missing a bus service in 1891train, having told the driver of the importance of him catching it.<ref> County Express [https://postimg.cc/0rsdz7NX Worcester Journal - Saturday 4 July 1891on 23 May 1885, on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref>

==See also=Replacement bus services on railway closure===Under the 1963 Railways Act, when BR’s proposals involve passenger closures the procedures allowed for certain replacement bus services to be subject to similar protections from services being withdrawn. The closures to passengers of the [[Wyre Forest Line#Closure| Wyre Forest Line]] in 1962 and [[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership#Closure|Severn Valley Branch]] north of Bewdley in 1963 and to [[Hartlebury]] and [[Kidderminster]] in 1970 provided no such protected bus services, with the public simply advised to contact to local operators for further information. <gallery>File:Closure_Notice.jpg</gallery>