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==2023==
2023 saw the Railway announcing voluntary redundancies, cost savings and a reduced four days a week peak service with a maximum of one steam engine in the face of use on non-special days, as it faced nationwide reduced footfall, economic contraction and a cost-of-living crisis. It coincided with the resignation of [[Helen Smith]] as Managing Director. The year marked the 60th anniversary of the official closure of the SVR north of Bewdley. Another ‘must-do’ engineering project was starting, with phase 1 of the relaying of [[Bridgnorth MPD|Bridgnorth Loco Works' yard]].
'''January 2023'''
*On 10 January an allotment of shares took the [[SVR(H)]] issued capital to £11,000,457.
*Phase 1 of the relaying of Bridgnorth Loco Works' yard started.
'''February 2023'''
*On 15 February the SVR announced a statutory consultation on 18 compulsory redundancies. On the same day [[The Erlestoke Manor Fund]] and the Railway announced newly overhauled [[7812]] would spend the summer on the West Somerset Railway where it could earn fees, as with up to six steam locomotives in traffic the SVR was over-supplied for its reduced timetable.
==Steam locomotives used==
