April 4

Country Park Halt seen from the adjacent foot crossing

On April 4 in SVR history.

• 1996 Country Park Halt opened.
• 2006 Colin Binch commenced work with the SVR for familiarisation prior to assuming the role of SVR General Manager,
• 2019 The SVR staged a special event to celebrate the opening of the new refreshment room at Bridgnorth, attended by around 650 shareholders who had invested in the 2017 share offer. The SVR ran a number of special trains between Kidderminster and Bridgnorth for the event.
• 2020 The intended reopening date of the whole line after repairs to Falling Sands Viaduct, it was was overtaken by the total closure from the previous month due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Gallery

Photos taken on 4 April:

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  2010: 5764 on Eardington Bank.

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  2010: On-hire 6695 on Eardington Bank.

See also

On this day in SVR history

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