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Bewdley turntable
[[File:Bewdley railway station 1795793 c24b1cba.jpg|thumb|200px300px|right|Bewdley Yard on 16/09/1963. Sidings 1 and 2, the goods shed, and the dock platform are visible on the right beyond the station]][[File:Outbuildings at Bewdley Station - geograph.org.uk - 1454696.jpg|thumb|200px300px|right|Bewdley Goods Shed]][[File:Bewdley_Paint_Shop_20150801.jpg|thumb|200px300px|right|Bewdley Paint Shop]]
The Down Yard at [[Bewdley]] is located to the South of station, on the Down (West) side of the main line. It was formerly used for the loading and unloading of goods wagons before the closure of the line by BR. The yard is now mainly used by the [[Bewdley Carriage & Wagon Department]] for storage and repair of the SVR's [[Goods Wagons|collection of goods wagons]], and for the restoration and painting of [[carriages]], although the bulk of carriage repairs take place at [[Kidderminster]].
==In History==
In common with the other principal crossing stations, Bewdley was provided with a goods yard and goods shed for the loading and unloading of goods wagons and temporary storage of goods. In 1864, two years after the opening of the Severn Valley Railway, Bewdley became the terminus of the [[Wyre Forest Line | Tenbury & Bewdley Railway]]. A 45ft turntable was installed in the goods yard by McKenzie, Clunes & Co, who also built a [[List of signal boxes# Tenbury and Bewdley Railway (at Bewdley) | signal box]] between the Down platform and the goods yard to serve the new railway.<ref>[[Bibliography#Bools | Beddoes & Smith (1995)]] p. 27.</ref>
By 1878 both the Tenbury and Bewdley and the Severn Valley Railways were part of the GWR. The Board of Trade Inspection in March 1878 prior to the opening of the [[Kidderminster Loop Line]] reported ''"There is a turntable at Kidderminster and trains will run through Bewdley (where the present turntable is being removed) to Woofferton"''.<ref>[[Bibliography#Bools | Beddoes & Smith (1995)]] p. 42.</ref> The Tenbury & Bewdley Railway signal box also became redundant around this time.
== In Preservation ==
==See also==
[[:Category:Rolling stock in Bewdley Down Yard | Rolling stock in Bewdley Down Yard]]
==References==
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