On May 3 in SVR history.
- 1852 Hartlebury station opened
- 1854 Sir Samuel Morton Peto was elected to the board of the Severn Valley Railway.
- 1970 Stourport North, Bewdley South, Bewdley North and Highley signal boxes all closed under BR ownership.
- 2017 A ceremony marked the start of bricklaying for the new station building at Bridgnorth.