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==Recent operation to 2018==
The mainstay operation is the Santa Special operation. This operates half hourly all day, typically weekends from late November/early December until Christmas DayEve. This necessitates a five-train operation, all steam hauled, with a sixth locomotive providing train pre-heating and acting as standby. The trains operate between [[Kidderminster]] and [[Santa's Grotto]] at [[Arley]], with trains picking up and setting down at [[Bewdley]] on the return leg only. In addition the [[Class 108 DMU]] runs staff trains, and a late afternoon service for late-returning passengers.
On 23 November 2018 the SVR made a 'Black Friday' discount offer of unsold Santa Special tickets.
Carol Trains are an evening DMU service, running from Kidderminster to [[The Engine House]]. Christmas Carvery DMU services also run to The Engine House where a meal is provided. Dining Trains also operate. Schools steam services run in midweek.
Post-Christmas services normally begin on Boxing Day and run daily until at least New Years Day.
Stations and platforms at Kidderminster, Bewdley and Arley are decorated. At both Kidderminster and Arley live seasonal music is provided by local groups. Carriages are not usually decorated, locomotives may carry headboards, wreaths or other decoration.
