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Significant events in the history of the Severn Valley Railway in preservation between 1970 and 1979 are set out below.
==1970==
The SVR is granted a light railway order, allowing the line to be oficially opened between Bridgnorth and Hampton Loadein May.<br>
*January 1970: Passenger services between Bewdley, Kidderminster and Hartlebury are withdrawn by BR.
*May 1970: The Light Railway Order is granted allowing public services to start. 23 May 1970 sees the official opening of the Severn Valley Railway, with the first public trains running between Bridgnorth and Hampton Loade. Loco 3205 hauls the first service, while 46443, 43106 and 48773 are also used over the weekend. Trains run at weekends until the end of October.
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No further use of 1738 was recorded in the 1970s.
==1971==
==1972==
*September 1972: 61994 The Great Marquess (LNER 3442) arrives on 9 September. The locomotive is later found to exceed the current axle limit on the line, and by September 1975 is stored pending possible transfer to the NYMR.<br>
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Locomotives used during the year and the mileages recorded were as follows:
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No further use of 417 Invicta was recorded before the locomotive left the SVR.
==1973==
*January 1973: Four locomotives, 4141, 5164, 7819 Hinton Manor and 4930 Hagley Hall, all arrive on 6 January.
*March 1973: Three more locomotives arrive; 78019 from Barry on 12 March, 7714 on 29 March, and 75069 on 31 March.
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The Great Marquess was steamed for the first time since arrival the previous year, but was found to exceed the current axle limit on the line, and was stored pending possible transfer to the NYMR.
==1974==
