Trustworthy, administrator
11,885
edits
Changes
additional information and history
{{Stub}}
[[File:Country Lorry Service.jpg|thumb|300px|right|1935 poster]]
[[File:Country Lorry Service Sign.jpg|thumb|300px|right|GWR sign advertising the Country Lorry Service]]
[[File:Bewdley Yard 1.jpg|thumb|300px|right|GWR lorry in Bewdley Yard]]
[[File:Southwell’s Carpet Factory Bridgnorth.jpg|thumb|300px|right|GWR wagons at Bridgnorth]]
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 the Country Lorry Service, Cartage Service or independent carrier.
<div class="toclimit-2">__TOC__</div>
The '''Country Lorry Service''' was introduced after the First World War. This allowed agricultural and other goods to be transported beyond the railway companies' normal collection and delivery radius, which was usually limited to urban areas and their immediate fringes.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Atkins & Hyde (2000)]] p14.</ref>
Until 1928, railway companies were only allowed to carry goods which had been, or were to be, carried by rail. The 1928 Road Act removed this restriction; thereafter railway companies began to offer "throughout road" services (ie not involving any rail transport). After that time the number of [[Station Truck]] workings for small consignments reduced, while the Country Lorry Service saw a further expansion. In 1930 there were some 160 "Tranship Sheds" operating across the GWR, where goods were transferred between wagons for onward shipment; by 1932 rationalisation of this system had reduced the number to just nine.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Atkins & Hyde (2000)]] p14.</ref>
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>.
==Lorry Services and Cartage Services on the SVR==
Places marked with an asterisk are within the company's free cartage boundary, with "(partly)" indicating it was not entirely within that boundary. In all other cases there would be an additional charge for collection or delivery.<br>
Where a station is not listed (e.g. Hampton Loade), no collection or delivery service was available, although some smaller stations were covered by services from nearby larger stations (e.g. Linley and Eardington from Bridgnorth)
*[[Private sidings connected to the Severn Valley Railway]]
*[[Collieries served by the Severn Valley Railway]]
==Notes==
<references group="Notes"/>
==References==
<references/>
==Links==
