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:The SVR ran a special train on 1 June with proceeds going to help the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway, which had suffered two successive embankment collapses. The GWSR was one of the railways which had come to the aid of the SVR following the flood damage in 2007.
:Members of the cast of the TV series 'Allo 'Allo were interviewed prior to 2011 Severn Valley Railway [[Step Back to the 1940s|1940s weekend]]<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlCSyObHpj4&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR2G-KCxUrQnq3Y5uQ4DgZtmAqtmGt3wd0quneGXnSqc3rBWpJWrSMwDpoo, Youtube, 24 June 2011] (Retrieved 28 June 2019)</ref>.
'''Summer 2011'''
:Metropolitan Railway 0-4-4T No 1 came to the SVR for testing prior to participating in the London Underground events in 2013. The visit was not announced in advance and was not open to the public, as it involved [[High speed testing|running at up to 50mph]] on certain sections of the line.
:The SVR announced its [[Loyalty Unlimited Pass|Annual Family Pass]]
:A 'Visit Heart of England Promotion' allowed one child to travel free with each adult ticket purchased until 25 November 2012.<ref>Express Points Web Round Up, September 2012</ref>
:The [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC#Share_offers|share offer]] officially closed, having just passed a total of £2m.
:The Autumn Steam Gala saw visits from LMS Stanier 8P Princess Coronation class No 46233 Duchess of Sutherland (replacing the booked [[BR Standard Class 7 70000 Britannia|70000 Britannia]]), SR Maunsell Schools class No 925 Cheltenham (BR 30925, replacing the booked SR 850 Lord Nelson), Metropolitan Railway 0-4-4T Number 1, and [[GWR 4936 Kinlet Hall|GWR 4936 Kinlet Hall]] which would remain on hire over the winter season. Talyllyn Railway 2 ft 3 in gauge 0-4-2ST ‘Sir Haydn’ travelled the line as part of the freight workings, and would later spend the winter on display in The Engine House. Passengers paid a £5 supplement to travel in Victorian first class style between Hampton Loade and Bridgnorth in [https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/collections-online/vehicles/item/1982-34 Metropolitan Railway 'Jubilee' carriage No. 353].
:An SVR Family Campaign launched, to increase family visitors and to build a sustainable base level of passengers by showcasing the Railway as a great family day out in its own right on a ‘normal’ operating day. It featured TV adverts, posters on key high traffic sites, adverts in local magazines and newspapers, adverts on London Midland trains and posts on social media.
'''November 2013'''
:On 2 November the 'Blue Bell Explorer' rail tour hauled by 70013 ''Oliver Cromwell'' ran from Bridgnorth to the Bluebell Railway in Sussex, becoming the first rail tour to use the newly re-signalled [[Connection to Network Rail|main line connection at Kidderminster]]. 47580 ''County of Essex'' worked the return trip.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150521020833/http://www.svr-associationsixbellsjunction.orgco.uk/railtours110s/131102rt.html SVRA website via Internet Archive Wayback Machinehtm Six Bells Junction]</ref>.
'''December 2013'''
:On 6 November the SVR announced an increase in car park changes from £3 to £4 in recognition of increased parking charges at Kidderminster main line station.
:On 10 November [[6634|GWR 0-6-2T 6634]] left the SVR, departing by road for Peak Rail where owning group [[The Waterman Railway Heritage Trust]] is now based.
:On 11 November, Vintage Trains ''The Valley Rambler'' rail tour worked from Tyseley to Stratford, Bridgnorth and return to Tyseley double headed by 9466 and 9600.<ref>[https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/10s/171111vt.htm Six Bells Junction]</ref>
:Venice Simplon-Orient-Express sold The [[Northern Belle]], stabled at Kidderminster, to a joint venture between tour promotor David Pitts, owner of Wakefield-based marketing agency D P Publicity, and David Smith, owner of West Coast Railways.
:[[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] staged special full-line brake van rides behind [[GWR 813 Saddle Tank|GWR 0-6-0PT 813]] on 25 November, the event marking the 50th anniversary of the locomotive's arrival on the SVR.
:Winter works saw track either side of [[Bewdley Tunnel]] being cleaned of badly contaminated ballast; the last part of the remedial work to the embankment slippage around the [[Accommodation bridge near Severn Lodge|County Boundary]] area; the partial rebuilding of the platform face at [[Eardington]]; lining of the loco water tank at [[Kidderminster]], and at the same location swapping the water column adjacent to platform 1 runround from a fixed column to a standard GWR swing arm type. At [[Waterworks Crossing|Waterworks straight]] welding was completed to a position that restored line speed following Winter Works in 2017. Permanent Way work also took place at [[Highley|Highley bank]] and [[Kidderminster Carriage Shed]].<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/winter-works-2018 SVRLive]</ref>
:On 16 January the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | SVR Charitable Trust]] announced it had reached its appeal target of £10,000 in under a month, for the cost of repairing the vehicles damaged by graffiti in December. A total of £13,000 was raised.
:The railway's published fare structure withdrew discounted fares for Seniors (60+), who instead paid the full adult fare. In addition, it introduced a version of the [[Loyalty Unlimited Pass | Annual Family Pass]] for single adults.
:On 30 January the polystyrene patterns for the casting of new cylinders for [[GWR 4930 Hagley Hall]] were completed at Premier Patterns following comprehensive design work by Stafford Road Design Ltd.
:The [[Kidderminster Shunter Fund]] transferred [[BR Class 11 12099]] to [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | SVR Charitable Trust]].
'''July 2019'''
:[[Step back Back to the 1940s ]] attracted 5,562 visitors (2018: 6,664).<ref name=NBI050320/>
:On 4 July Bewdley P-Way laid a panel of track at Chateau Impney, Droitwich Spa. [[686 The Lady Armaghdale]] was extricated from [[The Engine House]] by [[BR Class 08 13201]] and transported from Bridgnorth for display at the Chateau Impney Hill Climb Motorsport event the following weekend
:On 7 July [[GWR 7802 Bradley Manor|7802 Bradley Manor]] suffered a broken piston rod whilst working on the West Somerset Railway, with significant consequential damage. [[The Erlestoke Manor Fund]] announced she would be out of service for a considerable period.