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[[File:Platform 2 at Kidderminster Town - geograph.org.uk - 247100.jpg |thumb|300px|right | Kidderminster Carriage Repair Works (Wikimedia Commons)]]
The Carriage Repair Works is split across two sites. The most conspicuous is the former GWR goods shed at [[Kidderminster]], aka North Star Works, the large building which can be seen beyond the platform in the photograph. The SVR acquired this shed in 1986,<ref>SVR News 81</ref> two years after [[The development of Kidderminster Town Station|Kidderminster opened]], when it was put up for sale by the former occupants Pickfords Removals. In Autumn 1986 the "Stock and Shares" [[:Category:SVR fundraising lotteries|SVRA raffle]] raised funds for fitting out the goods shed as a carriage works, which were used to purchase a set of carriage lifting jacks.<ref>SVR News 81, 82</ref> The North Star Works includes a carriage paint shop as well as facilities for jacking up carriages for bogie overhauls. Lighter bodywork repairs also take place. Rail access to the Kidderminster Carriage Repair Works is via the [[Connection to Network Rail]].
Much work also takes place at [[Bewdley Carriage & Wagon Department | Bewdley]] which generally carries out the heavier bodywork repair work. Bewdley also has a carriage paint shop. Carriage restoration from derelict condition by groups including the [[Great Western (SVR) Assoc.|GW(SVR)A]] and [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd|the Charitable Trust]] also takes place here.
Both Repair Works are closed to the public, except during the [[Open House Weekend]] and [[Peep Behind the Scenes]].
The Carriage Maintenance Store at Kidderminster, which can be seen next to the [[Diesel Depot]], was formerly the Rope Works store at the GWR’s Swindon works.<ref>SVR News 151</ref>
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