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[[2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic]]: the SVR has launched a Fight Back Fund to help the Railway through this emergency, details may be found [https://www.svr.co.uk/NewsItem.aspx?a=921 here].
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[[<!--IMAGE FILE-->File:Cound-Halt-1963-03-02Country Lorry Service.jpg |thumb|centre|300px|link=<!--PAGE TO LINK TO-->Cound Halt Country Lorry Service and Cartage Service | '''Cound Halt''' As well as transporting goods between stations by rail, the GWR was situated between Berrington also able to collect and deliver goods and parcels to and Cressage, seven miles south of Shrewsburyfrom local addresses. It was one of a number of halts opened by After the GWR in First World War they introduced the 1930s in a bid "Country Lorry" service, allowing agricultural and other goods to attract more local custom be transported beyond the normal collection and delivery radius which was usually limited to urban areas and their immediate fringes. The Country Lorry service on the Severn Valley Branch, although it was probably used more by fishermen that the local residentsbegan at Bewdley in 1927 and Bridgnorth in 1928. (Image from the [[Sellick Collection]])[[<!--PAGE TO LINK TO-->Cound Halt Country Lorry Service and Cartage Service | (Full article...)]]]]
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