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[[SVR staff in 1922#Severn Valley Railway (Kidderminster to Bridgnorth)|GWR staff records for 1922]] show the station had a staff of 57. This did not include those working in the goods depot, the locomotive shed (footplate men, fitters etc.) and Permanent Way department.
In 1923 it was reported that plans had been approved to increase siding accommodation at a cost of £10000.<ref>Great Western Railway Magazine, September 1923.</ref><ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000250/19231228/438/0033 Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Friday 28 December 1923 on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref>
In 1924 it was announced that "Improved facilities for dealing with goods traffic are being provided"<ref>Great Western Railway Magazine, January 1924.</ref>, also described as "extensive sidings schemes".<ref>Great Western Railway Magazine, January 1925</ref>
In 1926 "Additional holding sidings and cart weighbridge...were brought into use"<ref>Great Western Railway Magazine, January 1927.</ref> In 1927 "improvements to goods accomodation are being effected at Kidderminster"<ref>Great Western Railway Magazine, January 1927.</ref>
In 1937 it was announced that "The sidings at Kidderminster are to be remodelled and new goods loop lines are to be added to facilitate the working of trains between there and Worcester."<ref>[http://meccano.magazines.free.fr/html/1937/3701/37010016.htm Meccano Magazine, January 1937 on Meccano magazine online web site]</ref>