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[[SVR staff in 1922#Severn Valley Railway (South of Bewdley)|GWR staff records for 1922]] show the station had a staff of 24.
Cattle pens, and sidings to cope with additional fruit traffic were constructed in 1924.<ref>Great Western Railway Magazine, January 1924</ref><ref>Great Western Railway Magazine, February 1924</ref>
It was announced that the yard crane was to be replaced by a standard 6-ton hand crane in 1927<ref>Great Western Railway Magazine, January 1927</ref>
The goods yard closed on 1 February 1965,<ref>Mitchell & Smith, Western Main Lines, 25</ref> while the footbridge and platform canopies were also removed during the 1960s.<ref>Wikipedia</ref> The station buildings had been closed by 1994 and the waiting room replaced by a simple ‘bus shelter’.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Siviter (1995)]] p. 84.</ref>
