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During periods of lighter traffic, when [[Arley signal box]] is switched out, all trains use the platform adjacent to the main station building.
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]].
The village itself is named Upper Arley (also historically Over Arley<ref>[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17612/17612-h/17612-h.htm Handbook to the Severn Valley Railway, by J. Randall 1863]</ref><ref>[http://www.shropshirestar.com/entertainment/2016/05/03/the-first-ever-map-of-shropshire-up-for-sale/ 1579 map of Shropshire on the Shropshire Star web site]</ref>), which differentiates it from the similarly named, but differently spelled Areley Kings less than six miles away near Stourport.
Until 1895 Arley, including the railway, was part of a narrow neck of Staffordshire bounded on three sides by Shropshire and Worcestershire until it was moved to Worcestershire<ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/worcs/vol3/pp5-10 "Parishes: Upper Arley", British History Online] (Retrieved 12 December 2019)</ref><ref>[https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/UpperArley Upper Arley, UK and Ireland Geneology)] (Retrieved 12 December 2019)</ref>.
[http://www.sharpos-world.co.uk/cpg/thumbnails.php?album=318 Photos at Arley, showing station building, signalbox & gardens]
==Facilities==
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>
==Points of Interest==
===Station buildings===
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 shelter on Platform 2 is also original, dating from the opening of that platform in 1883.
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.
In 2016, a number of stone sills, coping stones and quoins were replaced.
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In 2018 an [[:Category:SVR fundraising lotteries|SVRA raffle]] raised over £7,000 for new facilities including a workshop and storage for Santa equipment to replace a small corrugated metal shed next to the gift shop.<ref>SVR News 200</ref> In late 2019 construction started on the new building at the north end of the station, with the roof coming from part of the old [[Bewdley]] platform canopy. It was also partly funded by the [[Arley Station Fund]]<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/epfeb20 Express Points, February 2020] (Retrieved 4 February 2020)]</ref>.
===Restoration===
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GWR_446_and_B707261_20190506.jpg|GWR Crane 446 and crane runner 707621 at Arley in May 2019
GWR446.16.01.88.jpg|GWR Crane 446 in use at Bewdley in 1988
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== See also ==
*[[List of stations]]*[[Christmas services|Santa Special services]]*[[Santa's Grotto]]*[[List of stationsfilm and TV productions filmed on the Severn Valley Railway]]
==References==
*[http://www.svr.co.uk/Weddings_Day_Package.aspx SVR Wedding Day Packages]
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