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The Civil Parish of Stourport was renamed "'''Stourport-on-Severn'''" in 1934 (see 'The town of Stourport' below). Stourport station was similarly renamed in the same year.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Marshall (1989)]] p. 89.</ref><ref group="note">Marshall suggested the station might have been renamed to avoid confusion with nearby Stourbridge as there was no other Stourport station. The change of name of the Civil Parish was more likely the reason.</ref>
On 11 February 1937 the GWR General Manager authorised the plan for construction of a new 60ft x 24ft warehouse<ref group="note">Possibly the same warehouse referred to in the 1930 announcement?</ref> in the goods yard at a cost of £420. This was located at the west end of the yard (nearest the station buildings) at the end of a siding (labelled "C" on the 1938 map below).
The Shropshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire Electric Power Co built a [[Stourport Power Station | power station]] at Stourport after the First World War. However a direct rail connection to the Severn Valley Railway was only opened in 1940, coal deliveries before then being mainly via the River Severn or the [[Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal]]. Once opened, the rail connection remained until January 1981, prolonging the life of the southern end of the Severn Valley Railway.
