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[[File:Kidderminster DieselGala 1987.jpg|thumb|300px|right| Kidderminster Ground Frame and connections. The locomotive crew are surrendering the Bewdley South-Kidderminster staff to the ground frame operator, with the ground frame situated to his left (M. Gibbons)]][[File:Kidderminster_Ground_Frame_20180915.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The ground frame in 2018]]
From the [[The development of Kidderminster Town Station | opening of Kidderminster]] in July 1984, the connections to Platform 1 were controlled by a ground frame, which was unlocked by the [[Bewdley South signal box|Bewdley South]]-[[Kidderminster]] staff. The 6-lever ground frame was built using parts of the lever frame from the old [[Stourport]] signal box<ref>SVR News 70</ref>.
The ground frame was only intended as a temporary measure until the construction of a new [[Kidderminster signal box | signal box]] could take place. The new signal box was commissioned on 21 November 1987, which is thought to be when the ground frame was taken out of use.
The ground frame was still present in 2018 (see photo). It was removed in mid-2019 for use elsewhere on the railway.
==See also==
*[[List of signal boxes#List of historical Signal Boxes and Ground Frames|List of historical Signal Boxes and Ground Frames]]
== References ==
* "Kidderminster". Signal box profile on the Severn Valley Railway S&T Department (unofficial) website. [http://www.svrsig.org/svr/Frame1.htm Link]. Accessed 10/01/2015.
* Discussion on the Unofficial Severn Valley Railway Facebook group. [https://www.facebook.com/groups/2360466988/?fref=nf Link]. Dated 10/01/2015.
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