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*[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1980-1989#1985|1985]] Steam Railway magazine published the notorious [[GWR 3717 City of Truro|City of Truro]] "April fool" article.<ref>SVR News 76</ref> | *[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1980-1989#1985|1985]] Steam Railway magazine published the notorious [[GWR 3717 City of Truro|City of Truro]] "April fool" article.<ref>SVR News 76</ref> | ||
*1990 Bewdley South Up & Down distant signals were commissioned.<ref>[http://www.svrsig.org.uk/svr/Frame2.htm Bedley South signal box on the SVR Signalling web site]</ref> | *1990 Bewdley South Up & Down distant signals were commissioned.<ref>[http://www.svrsig.org.uk/svr/Frame2.htm Bedley South signal box on the SVR Signalling web site]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 15:48, 27 March 2018
On April 1 in SVRSevern Valley Railway history.
- 1905 Petrol-engined buses replaced the short-lived steam buses on the GWR's Wolverhampton to Bridgnorth service.[1]
- 1949 Eardington station became unstaffed.[2]
- 1951 Stourport South signal box was taken out of use by BRBritish Rail or British Railways.
- 1968 A public enquiry was held into the future of the Hollybush Road footbridge.[3]
- 1974 Bridgnorth was demoted to rural borough status, losing its powers to spend money maintaining Hollybush Road footbridge. The bridge was demolished in 1976 and not replaced until 1994.[4]
- 1985 Steam Railway magazine published the notorious City of Truro "April fool" article.[5]
- 1990 Bewdley South UpIn reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR) & DownIn reference to the direction of travel means away from the major terminus (i.e. towards Bridgnorth on the present day SVR) distant signals were commissioned.[6]
References
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 82
- ↑ Mitchell and Smith (2007) fig. 62.
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 19
- ↑ Marshall (1989) p. 105.
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 76
- ↑ Bedley South signal box on the SVR Signalling web site
See also
On this day in SVRSevern Valley Railway history
