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In early 1974 the Board reported that "''The circumstances under which Eardington loop was planned have so altered that it is unlikely to be needed. It is proposed to convert it to a siding, controlled from a ground frame at the south points, with the proposed platform area levelled off to form a loading bank and car park''."<ref>SVR News 31, ''Boardroom Notes'', David Mellor</ref> By winter 1974-5 the loop had been converted to a siding to for PW use. The two points at the north end which formed a crossover were both removed; the former point in the main line was reused at [[Arley]] while the point from the loop was taken to Bridgnorth for use in the loco yard. The single-bladed trap at the south end was not considered suitable for a siding opening onto a passenger carrying line, so was replaced by a double-bladed trap.<ref>SVR News 34</ref> Since that time the siding is regularly used for storing Permanent Way rolling stock.
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File:Eardington ground frame 20150701.jpg|Eardington ground frame in 2015
File:Seacows_20170317.jpg|Ballast wagons in Eardington siding
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==Points Current and former points of Interestinterest==
===Locomotive watering facility===
A water tank for Eardington was acquired by the SVR Society from Withymoor, Netherton (near Dudley) in the summer of 1967 and transported to Eardington. It was installed in time to be used for the 1968 Steam Gala. It was assisted in part by school parties from the The Royal School Wolverhampton under its history teacher, Brian Kingshott.<ref>Robert Betts and Nick Neath in Unofficial SVR Facebook post 22 April 2021</ref> The decision to install the SVR’s first proper watering facility at Eardington rather than Bridgnorth was due to Eardington having naturally soft water compared with very hard water at Bridgnorth.
===Lamps===
An electricity supply has never been installed. The 'Friends' have developed a collection of vintage [http://tilleylamp.co.uk/ Tilley lamps] with a railway provenance, to light the station after dark when open for galas and special occasions.<ref name="SVROnlineForum"/> Eardington is the only remaining station in the UK that is lit entirely by oil lamps. The permission granted in 2023 by the ORR is conditional upon trains not stopping after darkness. ===Former Bath Road turntable===An electrically powered Ransom Rapier 65'3" standard-pattern over-girder turntable, originally from Bristol (Bath Road) depot, is stored at Eardington. It is intended for the [[Bridgnorth Turntable|Bridgnorth turntable project]].
==TV and film==
The station was a location in a chase scene in the film [[Candleshoe]].
Steve Downes, the Station Master, is a member of acoustic trio 'Whalebone'. A music video of the Simon & Garfunkle classic 'The Boxer' was filmed at the station in 2011<ref>Heritage Railway 6 July 2011, p. 22</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FgtP7tpg1A The Boxer, Whalebone, music video on YouTube (2011)]</ref>.
*1963: The station closed when passenger traffic ceased on 9 September 1963.<ref name = SVR Guide” />
*1964: The former goods loop siding was completely removed.<ref name = SVR Guide” />
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File:Eardington_Board_20170317.jpg|The station running in board
File:Eardington_Platform_20170317.jpg|An old bicycle on the platform next to milepost 147¾
File:Candleshoe screenshot Eardington.jpg| 1977 [[Candleshoe]] image filmed from the [[Overbridge at north end of Eardington siding |Eardington Road Bridge]] featuring [[4566]] and three of the SVR's GWR carriages
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