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==Hampton Loade history before preservation==
*1862: Hampton Loade station opened with the rest of the Severn Valley Line on 1 February, with a single platform on the west side of the line and a short siding opposite. There was no facility for crossing trains. At opening the station was called Hampton, but within a month has had adopted the name Hampton Loade which it has retained ever since.
*1882-1883: Approval was given for construction of the up platform and provision of the passing loop and an additional siding, controlled by a newly-installed signal box. The Board of Trade approved these works in June 1883.
*1930s: Hampton Loade was the site of a GWR camping coach pre-World War 2.
