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:''Main article: [[Traffic statistics published in commercial service]]'' The GWR collected annual traffic statistics for their stations. These were collated and recorded in books covering periods of six years. The picture shows an example of the data collected for Bewdley for the years 1935 to 1940.  <gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">File:Traffic_Bewdley_1935-1940.jpg|Bewdley statement of traffic 1935-1940</gallery>  The data collected for each station included the numbers of tickets issued and the associated passenger revenue. "Coaching receipts" included revenue from parcels traffic (the number of parcels were not recorded for some years in the early 1940s). The tonnages of freight handled were also recorded, although from 1940 onwards the GWR ceased to record the revenue associated with that freight.  The linked article sets out the traffic statistics recorded by the GWR and BR for stations on the Severn Valley Railway in selected years between 1903 and 1938 are set out below.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Nabarro (1971)]] pp. 54-561952.</ref> Hartlebury and Shrewsbury are not shown, as their reported totals would include only a small portion of traffic relating to the Severn Valley Branch. [[Buildwas]] is included for completeness, although a portion of traffic originating there would relate to the Wellington and Much Wenlock branches. At stations along the branch during the heydays of the 1920s, freight traffic accounted for around 80% of the revenue. By the time the recording of the freight revenue ended in the late 1930s, the freight total had reached almost 90%. Information up to 1938 was included in [[Bibliography#Books|Nabarro (1971)]]; information after that date has been obtained from the original records for the GWR Worcester Division held in the National Archives. The book for the period 1947-1952 confirms that the process continued into the BR era.