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On June 14 in SVR history.

1860 an Act of Parliament confirmed a 999 year lease of the Severn Valley Railway Company to the Oxford Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway who agreed to run the line.^[1]
1893 The GWR authorised improvements at Cressage including construction of a down platform and passing loop and the extension of the up platform.^[2]
1893 The GWR authorised improvements at Berrington including construction of a down platform and passing loop and the extension of the up platform.^[3]
1977 Newly preserved BR Class 52 D1013 Western Ranger joined sister D1062 Western Courier on the Torbay Steam Railway at Kingswear.^[4]
2017 The Worcester Raceday raised £23,000 for the Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust^[5].

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 *[[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership#Great Western Railway: 1872-1947|1893]] The GWR authorised improvements at [[Cressage]] including construction of a down platform and passing loop and the extension of the up platform.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] p. 111.</ref>
 *[[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership#Great Western Railway: 1872-1947|1893]] The GWR authorised improvements at [[Berrington]] including construction of a down platform and passing loop and the extension of the up platform.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] p. 112.</ref>
+*1977 Newly preserved [[BR Class 52 D1013 Western Ranger]] joined sister [[BR Class 52 D1062 Western Courier|D1062 Western Courier]] on the Torbay Steam Railway at Kingswear.<ref>[https://www.westernlocomotives.co.uk/d1013 Western Locomotive Associaation]</ref>
 *2017 The Worcester Raceday raised £23,000 for the [[Charitable Trust|Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust]]<ref>[https://www.svrtrust.org.uk/index.php?page=Worcester%20Race%20Day%202017 Charitable Trust] retrieved 4 June 2018</ref>.