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[[File:Bewdley Yard 1.jpg|thumb|300px|right|GWR lorry in Bewdley Yard]]
[[File:Southwell’s Carpet Factory Bridgnorth.jpg|thumb|300px|right|GWR horse-drawn wagons at Southwell Carpet Factory, Bridgnorth]]
[[File:Kidderminster cartage garage 1928.JPG|thumb|300px|right|Plan showing proposed cartage accommodation at Kidderminster in 1928]]
[[File:Bewdley parcels delivery sheet 1.jpeg|thumb|300px|right|Parcels delivery sheet giving details of parcels to be delivered from Bewdley Station]]
As well as transporting goods between stations by rail, the GWR was also able to collect & deliver goods and parcels to and from local addresses via the Country Lorry Service, Cartage Service or independent carrier.
==Country Lorry Service==
The GWR introduced the '''Country Lorry Service''' 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> The first nine services had been established by 1925; thereafter the number increased rapidly with the earliest on the Severn Valley Branch being at Bewdley in 1927, with a new 20 ton weighbridge being provided the same year<ref>Great Western Railway Magazine, June 1927</ref>, and Bridgnorth in 1928.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Atkins (2019)]] pp.79-80.</ref> GWR plans from 1928 show a new garage with a maintenance pit and outside wash area being proposed at Kidderminster as 'cartage accommodation'.
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)]] p16.</ref>
