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In common with the other principal crossing stations, Bewdley was provided with a goods yard and goods shed for the loading and unloading of goods wagons and temporary storage of goods. In 1864, two years after the opening of the Severn Valley Railway, Bewdley became the terminus of the [[Wyre Forest Line | Tenbury & Bewdley Railway]]. A 45ft turntable was installed in the goods yard by McKenzie, Clunes & Co, who also built a [[List of signal boxes# Tenbury and Bewdley Railway (at Bewdley) | signal box]] between the Down platform and the goods yard to serve the new railway.<ref>[[Bibliography#Bools | Beddoes & Smith (1995)]] p. 27.</ref>
By 1878 both the Tenbury and Bewdley and the Severn Valley Railways were part of the GWR. The Board of Trade Inspection in March 1878 prior to the opening of the [[Kidderminster Loop Line]] reported ''"There is a turntable at Kidderminster and trains will run through Bewdley (where the present turntable is being removed) to Woofferton"''.<ref>[[Bibliography#Bools | Beddoes & Smith (1995)]] p. 42.</ref> (The Bewdley turntable was subsequently moved to the goods yard at Tenbury Wells - not Wooferton as is stated in some sources.). The Tenbury & Bewdley Railway signal box also became redundant around this time.
== In preservation ==
The yard consists of two through sidings which are accessible from both ends of the station, as well as a number of miscellaneous sidings. No. 1 siding runs parallel to the Down Main and is mainly used to store the [[Demonstration Goods Train]], as well as occasionally by locomotives assigned to [[Bewdley MPD]] or other rolling stock. No. 2 siding is adjacent to No. 1 and passes through the [[Bewdley Goods Shed|Goods Shed]], where wagon restoration is carried out by the [[Wagon Department]]. The northern part of No. 2 siding and its headshunt provide access to a dock platform, formerly used for loading goods wagons, now home to three [[List of shops|sales coaches]]and GWR wartime ambulance car [[GWR 5804 Brake Third|5804]] which serves as the [[SVR Apprentices]] group mess coach.
The remainder of the yard is made up of several interconnected dead end sidings. These sidings include the Paint Shop, used to paint passenger and goods rolling stock. The yard is also home to a number of coaches that reside there permanently: GWR sleeper coach [[GWR 2233 Corridor Brake Third|2233]] and Mark 3 sleepers [[Mk 3a Convertible Sleeper|10569 and 10696]] are used for staff accomodation accommodation at Bewdley; GWR wartime ambulance car [[GWR 5804 Brake Third|5804]] serves as the apprentice group mess coach; , and GWR coaches [[GWR 98 Full Brake|98]] and [[GWR 5043 Full Third|5043]] are which is used as workshops a workshop and stores for spare parts.
[[Ruston and Hornsby 165hp Diesel Shunter 319290]] is the resident shunting locomotive, being used as necessary to shunt rolling stock under repair. In January and February 2015, the yard was contracted to Severn Trent Water as a staging ground for [[Severn_Valley_Railway_Timeline_2010-2019#2015|repairs to the Elan Valley Aqueduct]], which runs under the railway near [[Folly Point]].
