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[[File: Burlish_Halt_1_Michael_Clemens.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Burlish Halt in 1963 looking south]]'''Burlish Halt''' was located between [[Stourport]] and [[Bewdley]] stations. It was situated in the western part of Stourport, just off Bewdley Road, between with its [[Stourport]] Gradient profile and [[Bewdleymileages#Mileages| mileage of 135m 19ch]] stations and 3&frac14; miles placing it just over half a mile north of [[Hartlebury]]Stourport station at 134m 52ch. It  The halt opened on 31 March 1930 and had a single platform with a pagoda style shelter<ref>Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, ''Country Railway Routes, Kidderminster to Shrewsbury'', 1958 photo.</ref><ref>[https://www.facebook.com/STOURPORTPAST/photos/a.163681577017370/1927861630599347/ Photo on '"we love stourport-on-severn" past and present day' Facebook page, 7 July 2018]</ref> similar to that now at [[Northwood Halt]]. It principally served the works of Steatite & Porcelain Products Ltd. which opened in 1929;<ref>The Severn Valley Railway, John Marshall</ref> the works was for a period also served by a private siding accessed from [[Burlish Branch|Burlish Branch Junction]].The siding ran behind the signal next to the platform, which was used to control the Burlish level crossing around 800 yards to the north.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Mitchell and Smith (2007)]] Pic. 9.</ref>  <gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">Burlish_Branch_Michael_Clemens.jpg|Burlish Halt in 1963 looking north with the Burlish Branch siding to the left </gallery>

At some time between 1958 and closure of the line, after 1963 the halt was 'upgraded' and the pagoda replaced by the a modern 'bus shelter' type structure, with British Rail modern 'Rail Alphabet' running in the RCTS photograph below. The siding ran behind the signal in the photograph, which was used to control the nearby Burlish level crossingboards. <refgallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">[[Bibliography#BooksBurlish_Halt_2_Michael_Clemens.jpg|Mitchell and Smith (2007)]] Pic. 9.Burlish Halt shortly before closure</refgallery>  The halt, which was unstaffed, remained open until passenger services were withdrawn from 5 January 1970.

The trackbed of the [[Stourport Branch]] from [[Bewdley]] as far as Burlish Park was acquired by the SVR when the southern extension was purchasedat the end of [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979#1972|1972]]. The purchase included the Halt, comprising the platform (made from precast concrete sections) and the footbridge. Both were dismantled and stored at [[Arley]] for many years before being sold.<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=1067 Peter Pearson and Chris Walton, SVR Forum thread, 21-22 February 2009]</ref> It was to form stage three of the Kingfisher line project at Titley Junction in Herefordshire, to reconstruct a GWR halt named 'Arrowside' with track and pointwork to operate a 'run round loop' and sidings.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110112030041/http://www.titleyjunctionstation.co.uk/kingfisher_line.html Archived Kingfisher Line website]</ref>

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