*On Saturday 1 August passenger services restarted as planned, with the day being a sell-out. The Fight Back Fund total was more than £800,000.<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/blaug20 Branch Lines, August 2020]</ref>
*By 6 August the Fight Back Fund total was more than £900,000.
*During August [[Head Office|Comberton Place]] offices were closed to visitors.<ref name="blsep20">[https://www.svrlive.com/blsep20 Branch Lines, September 2020]</ref>
*The same month the SVR submitted an application to the Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage<ref name="blsep20"/>.
==Effects on the SVR==