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[[File: OS_Wilden_Detail.jpg|thumb|300px|right|OS Map Wilden 1951, with Leagate Leapgate Private Sidings south of the line on the right]]The Leapgate Private Sidings were situated between Hartlebury and Stourport at 133m 36ch53ch<ref name="SA1960">Birmingham Traffic District Sectional Appendix 1960</ref>. They served a depot of the Regent Oil Company (named Texaco after 1967) which opened on 28 August 1939. The depot had no road connectionand was probably connected to the Government Pipeline Storage System, a secret fuel supply network created during the Second World War which included a branch running from Ellesmere Port to Avonmouth via Stourport.<ref>[https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-Government-Pipelines-Storage-System-GPSS/ GPSS on historic-uk.com]</ref><ref>[https://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/CLH_Pipeline_System CLH Pipeline (Formerly GPSS) on Wikipedia]</ref>

The two sidings, one on each side of a gantry, would each hold up to 13 20-ton or 17 10-ton tank wagons. Access to the sidings was controlled by a 2-lever ground frame operating the points and a facing point lock, released by the electric token for the Hartlebury to Stourport section. Up The siding could be accessed either by Down trains or by trains of up to 30 wagons were being propelled to the sidings from Stourport, led by a brake van.<ref name="SA1960"/><ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] p. 87.</ref>.<br>An engine stop board prohibited engines from passing more than a few yards past the point where the two sidings diverged. Shunting beyond this point was conducted by depot staff using capstans.<ref name="SA1960"/>

*[[Private sidings connected to the Severn Valley Railway]]*[[Maps#Schematic maps of the pre-closure SVR | Pre-1963 map]]*[[List of signal boxes# List of historical Signal Boxes and Ground Frames| List of historical Signal Boxes and Ground Frames]]