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Hampton Loade

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The station
During the early years of SVR operation (early 1970s) Hampton Loade formed the southern terminus. Evidence of this remains in the form of the presence of the down starting signal on platform 2, which is normally only used for up trains.
The station house is built of yellow brick. Unlike some of the other station houses including Highley and Arley, this was not upgraded during the GWR era by the extension of the waiting room and provision of an extra bedroom. In late 2014 the railway announced that as the station house had become vacant, plans were under way in hand for it to be converted into SVR volunteers' accommodation.,<ref>SVR(H) notice board issue NBI-H-194 "October-December 2014 Round Up", published on [http://www.svrlive.com/ SVRLive].</ref> By 2015 this was still subject to final agreements and costings between [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC]] and [[Hampton Loade Station Fund]] and was not considered . This would provide a 'done deal'.<ref>more suitable facility than [[GWR 2426 Toplight Full Third]] which had been stabled at Hampton Loade Station Fund Committee minutes of meeting 22 February 2015 (not available online)<since 1988 for that purpose. 2426 continued in use until mid-2016 and was briefly succeeded by [[GWR 55 Riding/ref> {{As ofDormitory Van|2017}} no further news is forthcomingGWR Riding Van 55]] until the conversion was completed.
==Facilities==
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