Changes

From January to Easter 2011 the SVR's winter works dealt with severe damage at Arley due to ground movement caused by failed drainage, in turn occasioning track twist. The Up platform was rebuilt, drainage installed and track relaid at a cost of £367,000.<ref>Railway Magazine September 2010</ref><ref>SVR(H) Report and Accounts for year ensding 31 December 2011, page 3.</ref> In February 2017 the waiting room at Arley Station became licensed to hold civil marriages and partnerships, with space for up to 21 people. Further information on packages for dates in 2018 onwards may be found on the [http://www.svr.co.uk/Weddings_Day_Package.aspx SVR website Wedding Day Packages page] . Arley was until 2018 also the site of [[Santa's Grotto]] for the [[Christmas services|Santa Special services]].

Arley station does not have a public car park. There is a small cafe café building behind the station which serves hot and cold drinks and snacks.  ==Film and TV productions filmed at Arley== ===Oh, Doctor Beeching!===(See ''[[Oh, Doctor Beeching!|main article]]'')<br>A BBC TV sitcom ran from 1995 to 1997, set in the small fictional branch line railway station of Hatley. Filming took place at Arley.  A row of Victorian railway cottages was built in the yard as a film prop. After final filming the cottages were dismantled and retained, but despite reminders to the BBC about what they wanted with them they gave no response. Ultimately they were broken up with the assistance of the [[SVR Apprentices|Junior Club]]. The garden on the main platform by the Gents WC was created by the BBC and is known today as the BBC garden.  The signalbox had a name plate above the door. <gallery>File:Hatley1.jpg | Hatley (Arley) signal boxFile:Hatley2.jpg | Film prop cottages at ArleyFile:Hatley3.jpg | Film prop cottages at ArleyFile:Hatley4.jpg | Film prop cottages at Arley</gallery>

The main station building at Arley dates from the opening of the Severn Valley Railway in 1862. Extensions were later added, consisting of a Ladies ' waiting room authorised in 1892 and an additional bedroom in the Station Master’s house added in 1901.

The café building behind the station was built during the summer of 1992 on the site of the former weighbridge. It replaced a similar building known as 'Tom’s Cabin' that had become dangerous.

*1883: A second platform , authorised in August 1882, was brought into use in June 1883. Installation of a signal box and interlocking of points and signals were completed around this time.*1891: ‘Train staff and ticket’ working in conjunction with a single-needle block telegraph was introduced throughout the line, replacing the earlier simple telegraph working arrangements. Henceforth drivers could not enter a section without possession of a physical staff , or a paper ticket stating the staff would follow on a succeeding train. Those used at Arley were for Arley to [[Bewdley North signal box|Bewdley North]] (hexagonal staff, yellow ticket) and Arley to [[Hampton Loade]] (square staff, red ticket).

*GWR plan of Arley station showing the original single line with later amendments in red*1885 map (survey date 1883) showing the single line through the station *1904 map showing the passing loop and second platformopened in June 1883*1927 map showing the 1907 extensions to both platforms extended *1960 map showing no significant changes in over 30 years

File:GWRplanArley.jpgFile:Arley1885map.jpg| 1885File:Arley1904map.jpg| 1904File:Arley1927map.jpg| 1927File:Arley1960map.jpg | 1960

*[[List of stations]]*[[Christmas services|Santa Special services]]*[[Santa's Grotto]]*[[List of stationsfilm and TV productions filmed on the Severn Valley Railway]]