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*1998: [[LNER 24105 Open Third]] entered SVR service incorporating a wheelchair area
*26 August 2003: [[SVR Wolverhampton Branch]] commenced the wheelchair accessible conversion of [[BR 4690 Tourist Standard Open]], which was in use by 4 August 2008.
*August/September 2010: work undertaken on [[Class 108 DMU|Driving Motor Brake Second M50933]] under contract to [[Carriage Repair Works|Bewdley C&W]] provided the conversion of an area in the diesel unit for use by visitors in wheelchairs. There is plenty of space for wheelchairs and four comfortable seats for the use of others who may be travelling with them.<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=1873 SVRA forum, 5 December 2010] (Retrieved 24 August 2019)</ref>
*May 2016: The [http://www.svr.co.uk/NewsItem.aspx?a=730 SVR announced] that the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | SVR Charitable Trust]] had won a grant of £75,000 in a [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/rail-tourism-winners-announced Department for Transport competition], for a scheme to transform the Railway’s travel offering for disabled passengers. The scheme involved the restoration and conversion of [[BR 4399 Tourist Standard Open]] and [[BR 80776 Brake Gangwayed|80776]], and the purchase of lightweight, portable ramps for each of the Railway’s wheelchair-accessible carriages.
*November 2017: work began on the conversion of GWR Collett Bow-Ended Coach No 5043 to [[GWR 9581 Wheelchair accessible Buffet Car]], with saloon accommodation for disabled passengers and their companions at one end and an accessible buffet counter at the other.
*13 August 2019: [[BR 4399 Tourist Standard Open|4399]] returned to service incorporating adjustments similar to sister 4690; the removal of seats to allow a pair of double doors to be fitted on each side, next to a wheelchair parking area.
The [[Carriages|carriages]] are:
| Set GW2, GWR coaches, in Chocolate & Cream || [[GWR 9581 Wheelchair accessible Buffet Car]] || '''In course of conversion'''
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| Set L, LMS in Maroon || [[LMS Brake Third Corridor 26880]] ||
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| Set M, British Rail Mark 1s in Maroon || [[BR 4690 Tourist Standard Open]] ||
| Set N, LNER & GNR Teak || [[LNER 24105 Open Third | Wheelchair Open Third (WTO) 24105]] ||
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| Set S, 'The [[Severn Valley Limited]]' diner set in GWR Chocolate & Cream || [[BR 80776 Brake Gangwayed]] || Converted to passenger usage for disabled passengers, '''being further adapted Adapted as wheelchair dining car'''
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| Set T, the 'Toplights' || [[GWR 9055 Nondescript Saloon]] || Set in occasional use
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| [[Class 108 DMU]] || Driving Motor Brake Second M50933 ||
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