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The sidings were accessed via two ground framesIn 1996, [[Alveley North ground frame|Alveley NorthCountry Park Halt]] and was opened on the site. The river bridge linking the main country park on the east bank with the Halt on the SVR was replaced in 2006.<ref>[[Alveley South ground frame|Alveley South]https://www.transportxtra.com/publications/local-transport-today/news/7072/highley-alveley-footbridge-shropshire News article on www.transportxtra.com], which were unlocked </ref> It is also used by the [[Highley signal box|HighleyNational Cycle Route 45]]-[[Hampton Loade signal box|Hampton Loade]] token. An intermediate token instrument was provided in a cabin between the two ground frames, with direct telephone lines to Highley Signal Box and Hampton Loade Booking Office, as well as the Worcester Exchange-Bridgnorth Signal Box omnibus line. The intermediate instrument to allow trains to be locked in so that other traffic could pass on the main line whilst the sidings were being shunted.
The layout on the GWR side consisted Following [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2020-2029#2020|extensive flooding in February 2020]] land movements were observed in Alveley Woods. {{As of |2020|6}} a front loop linedrainage scheme is planned, with to reduce the amount of water reaching the slip plane and take a capacity degree of 50 wagons, and pressure off the embankment. A second phase will include a number mixture of other sidings soil nailing and headshunts. Two connections to the private sidings were provided, one at the South end leading to partial replacement of the empty wagon sidings, which held 40 wagons, embankment material and another at the North end leading is likely to the loaded wagon sidings, holding 36 wagonstake place during 2021.<ref>[https://www. The two rakes of private sidings were connected internally via the coal screens, where coal was loaded into the wagonssvrlive. GWR locomotives were used to set down and pick up wagons on these sidingscom/bljun20 Branch Lines, but were otherwise not allowed June 2020] (Retrieved 26 June 2020)</ref> {{As of|2020|08}} a 5 mph temporary speed restriction is in force in the private sidingsaffected area.
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[[File:Alveley_Sidings-1959-10-07.jpeg|thumb|300px|right|6388 passes large numbers of coal wagons at Alveley Sidings in October 1959 ([[Sellick Collection]])]]
'''Alveley Sidings ''' were located between [[Highley]] and [[Hampton Loade]], and opened on 30 January 1939 to serve [[Collieries served by the Severn Valley Railway#Alveley Colliery | Alveley Colliery]], which was located across the river. [[Alveley Miners Halt level crossing | Alveley Halt]], which was located at the south (Highley) end of the sidings, was used by miners travelling to the colliery by railway. The sidings were kept remained in use beyond for coal traffic after the closure of the line between [[Bewdley]] and [[Shrewsbury]] in 1963, accessed from Bewdley. However, the mine became uneconomical to work and was closed in 1969, with the sidings and line North north of Bewdley being closed at the same time, as no other source of traffic remained. The area at the north (Hampton Loade) end of the sidings were adjacent is usually referred to a [[on the Railway as '''Alveley Miners Halt level crossing | halt]] used by miners travelling to the colliery by railwayWoods'''.
== Operations ==
[[File:GWRplanAlveleySidings.jpg|thumb|300px|right|GWR plan of Alveley Sidings]]
A concrete arched bridge was built across the river Severn between 1936 and 1937. Coal was brought from the colliery to the sidings and colliery, initially by a narrow gauge cable-worked tramway across the bridge, and later by an aerial ropeway above it.<ref name ="Marshall101">[[Bibliography#Books | Marshall (1989)]] p. 101.</ref>
The sidings were accessed via two ground frames, [[Alveley Sidings (North) ground frame|Alveley Sidings (North)]] and [[Alveley Sidings (South) ground frame|Alveley Sidings (South)]], which were unlocked by the [[Highley signal box|Highley]]-[[Hampton Loade signal box|Hampton Loade]] token. An intermediate token instrument was provided in a cabin between the two ground frames, with direct telephone lines to Highley Signal Box and Hampton Loade Booking Office, as well as the Worcester Exchange-Bridgnorth Signal Box omnibus line. The intermediate instrument allowed trains to be locked in so that other traffic could pass on the main line whilst shunting took place in the sidings.
The layout on the GWR side consisted of a front loop line, with a capacity of 50 wagons, and a number of other sidings and headshunts. Two connections to the private sidings were provided, one at the South end leading to the empty wagon sidings, which held 40 wagons, and another at the North end leading to the loaded wagon sidings, holding 36 wagons. The two rakes of private sidings were connected internally via the coal screens, the large buildings visible in the Sellick photograph, where coal was loaded into the wagons. GWR locomotives were used to set down and pick up wagons on these sidings, but were otherwise not allowed in the private sidings.
==Preservation==
The sidings were acquired by the SVR as part of the southern section of the line to [[Foley Park]] which was purchased from BR in December 1972, subject to Light Railway Orders being granted. In November 1973 the sidings was one of the locations used in the television series [[Carrie's War]], with the evacuees' train filmed making several run pasts there. The LRO allowing passenger services between Hampton Loade and Bewdley was eventually granted in May 1974.
A number of scenes featuring static rolling stock were also filmed at the sidings for the television series [[Survivors]], Season 3 episode 3 ‘Law of the Jungle’ (first broadcast 30 March 1977).
The sidings were deemed unsuitable for the storage of SVR stock due to the remoteness of the location and the resultant risk of vandalism.<ref name ="Marshall101" /> They were therefore eventually dismantled, with much of the rail and point-work later being re-used elsewhere on the line.
== Photographs ==
==See also==
*[[Alveley Miners Halt level crossing]]*[[Maps#Schematic maps of the pre-closure SVR | Pre-1963 map]]*[[List of signal boxes#List of historical Signal Boxes and Ground Frames | List of historical Signal Boxes and Ground Frames]]
== References ==
* "Railways of Highley". Highley.org.uk article. [http://www.highley.org.uk/railhist.html Link]. Accessed 09/01/2015.
==Links==[http://www.highley.org.uk/page31.html "Mines and miners" on www.highley.org.uk]
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