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===Operation 1978-2012 and in 2017===
The Severn Valley Limited first ran in summer 1978.<ref>SVR News 49</ref>. Until 2012 the train also carried limited seating for non-dining passengers.
The train did one full return trip from [[Kidderminster]] to [[Bridgnorth]], normally departing from the dock platform nearest the museum and using platform 2 at Bridgnorth, with food served on the outward leg of the journey. The service was pre-book only.
==Wheelchair access==
The second phase of the SVR's wheelchair project involved rebuilding [[BR 80776 Brake Gangwayed|BR brake 80776]] to provide dining accommodation for up to 16 wheelchair users in [[Carriages#Set S | Set S]]. [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | SVR Charitable Trust]] Chairman [[Hugh McQuade]] in 2016 explained "We’ve come up with an innovative zig-zag layout for the tables, that means we can allow for many different configurations of wheelchairs and conventional seating. As far as we know, nothing like this exists anywhere else in Britain. The expansion of the Railway’s existing wheelchair-accessible fleet and the creation of a dedicated dining car mean that we’ll be able to offer charter and party facilities for large groups of people with disabilities.<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/wheelchair-access 'Charitable Trust wins £75k!', SVRLive, 25 May 2016] (Retrieved 19 March 2017)</ref>. It was available for use by Christmas 2019, but COVID-19 intervened before the 2020 season.
== See also ==
