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Another stub article and an attempt to expand and link together information on goods traffic.
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As well as transporting goods station to station, the GWR was also able to collect & deliver goods and parcels to and from local addresses via its Country Lorry Service, Cartage Service or independent carrier.
A 1938 GWR publication, 'Towns villages, outlying works etc. served by the Great Western Railway' gives a list of all such places, their distance from the local station and the method of delivery.
The Country Lorry Service at Tenbury started on February 1 1931<ref>[https://postimg.cc/kBwMdg9B Advert from the Kington Times on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref>
Several stations on the SVR offered either a Lorry Service or Cartage Service, in some cases at no extra charge within a specified area.
==See also==
[[Station Truck]]
[[Businesses located at SVR stations]]
[[Private sidings connected to the Severn Valley Railway]]
[[Collieries served by the Severn Valley Railway]]
==References==
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==Links==
As well as transporting goods station to station, the GWR was also able to collect & deliver goods and parcels to and from local addresses via its Country Lorry Service, Cartage Service or independent carrier.
A 1938 GWR publication, 'Towns villages, outlying works etc. served by the Great Western Railway' gives a list of all such places, their distance from the local station and the method of delivery.
The Country Lorry Service at Tenbury started on February 1 1931<ref>[https://postimg.cc/kBwMdg9B Advert from the Kington Times on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref>
Several stations on the SVR offered either a Lorry Service or Cartage Service, in some cases at no extra charge within a specified area.
==See also==
[[Station Truck]]
[[Businesses located at SVR stations]]
[[Private sidings connected to the Severn Valley Railway]]
[[Collieries served by the Severn Valley Railway]]
==References==
<references/>
==Links==
