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2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic

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*18 March: it postponed train services and closed [[The Engine House]] and Refreshment Rooms for the rest of March and throughout April. It also cancelled the following events: Easter Holidays, [[Spring Steam Gala]], [[Open House Weekend]], Spring Diesel Festival and 50th Anniversary event.
*20 March: it confirmed that the pubs at Kidderminster and Bridgnorth would close. It also launched an emergency appeal for funding to help the railway survive. By 24 March this had raised £50,000.
*26 March: an updated appeal was launched for share purchases and donations, seeking £250,000 "to keep the Railway ticking over for the next three months". By 29 March *2 April: the appeal reached £92£120,000<ref>Branch Lines, April 2020</ref>.
==Effects on the SVR==
The combination of [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2020-2029#2020|February's flooding and land movements]], the continuing planned work at Falling Sands and coronavirus and meant the SVR was faced with a serious financial challenge<ref>SVR NBI</ref>. Three-quarters of paid staff were temporartily temporarily 'furloughed', volunteers instructed not to attend, and minimal contract engineering under restrictionswork<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/blapr20 Branch Lines, for contract work onlyApril 2020] (Retrieved 2 April 2020)</ref>.
==See also==
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