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* [[Foley Park Halt]], open between 1905 and 1970.
* [[Foley Park sidings]], serving the British Sugar Corporation , [[Thomas Vale & Sons]] and [[Smethwick Drop ForgingsLtd. Siding|Smethwick Drop Forgings]].
* [[Ground Frames at Foley Park]], covering several ground frames related to the sidings and the BR/SVR boundary.
* [[Gravel Pit at Foley Park]] , connected by a siding in 1901 and shown in on the 1902 Ordnance Survey map.
The area includes the [[Safari Park#Possible_future_station|site of a possible future station]] serving the [[Safari Park]] and developments of the Sugar works site, and mooted from time-to-time for an extension of mainline services.
It also includes the site of the proposed [[Wagon Review Group|Wagon shed]].In winter 2019-20 the opportunity was taken to install a set of points at Foley Park for future use with a siding or carriage shed, to be controlled by a [[Ground Frames at Foley Park|ground frame]] which was previously installed at Kidderminster. Further work in late 2023 laid the siding, intended to house a [[Other rolling stock visiting the SVR#2023| Harsco Rail YZA Plain Line Stoneblower]] planned for an extended period on the SVR for mainline staff training. <gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">Foley_Park_Points_20200912.jpg|The new points at Foley Park. The [[Underbridge off Lisle Avenue]] is just beyond the points with [[Falling Sands Viaduct]] in the distance.Foley_Park_Ground_Frame_20210630.jpg|The ex-Kidderminster ground frame at Foley Park</gallery>
==See also==
* [[Gravel Pit at Foley Park]]
* [[Safari Park#Possible_future_station|Site of a possible future station]]
* [[Wagon Review Group|Wagon shed]].* [[:Category:Rolling stock associated with British Sugar Corporation|Rolling stock associated with British Sugar Corporation]]
