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*London (Paddington) to Hartlebury, 1st 35/5, 3rd 21/4<ref group="note">From an undated GWR timetable which also includes Channel Island ferries, which date it as post war, and Old Oak Lane Halt, which closed in June 1947.</ref>
====ExcursionsInbound excursions====
[[File:1884 excursion handbill.jpg|thumb|200px|right|1884 excursion handbill]]
(Fare is All excursion fares are for a return journey. Return is the same day unless stated otherwise)
*1862 Various dates in June (returning four or five days later) London (Paddington) to Kidderminster 12/6, to Bewdley 13/-, to Bridgnorth 15/-.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002408/18620603/109/0001 Morning Herald (London) 3 June 1862 on The British Newspaper Archive]</ref>
*1862 Tuesday 26 August (Return 28 Aug, or 3 or 5 September) London (Paddington) to Kidderminster 12/6, to Bewdley 13/-, to Bridgnorth 15/-.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002408/18620819/101/0001 Morning Herald (London) 19 August 1862 on The British Newspaper Archive]</ref>
*1884 Saturdays in August from Birmingham (Snow Hill) to Bewdley or Arley 1/6, to Bridgnorth 2/-
*1900 Saturday 25 August Birmingham Independent Labour Party excursion from Birmingham (Snow Hill) to Bewdley 2/9<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0002734/19000818/070/0008 Labour Leader Saturday 18 August 1900 on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref>
*1927 Sunday July 31 Bristol to Stourport, Bewdley or Bridgnorth 5/-<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0002142/19270728/024/0002 Clifton and Redland Free PressThursday 28 July 1927 on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref>
====Outbound excursions====
*1862 Saturday 6 September from Kidderminster to London (Paddington) for the International Exhibition of 1862 1st 11/-, 'Covered carriage' 6/6<ref name="WC1862">[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000350/18620903/061/0003 Worcestershire Chronicle Wednesday 3 September 1862 on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref>
*1862 Various midweek dates in September (returning several days later) from Kidderminster to London (Paddington) for the International Exhibition of 1862 1st 11/-, 'Covered carriage' 7/-<ref name="WC1862" />
*1885 Monday October 12 Birmingham (Snow Hill) including admission to Aston Lower Grounds from Tenbury 2/6, from Cleobury or Bewdley 2/-<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002098/18851006/029/0004 Tenbury Wells Advertiser Tuesday 6 October 1885]</ref>
*1936 Wednesday 17 June to Blackpool from Stourport or Bewdley 10/6, from Bridgnorth 9/6<ref>Poster on display at Arley</ref>
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*London (Euston) to Kidderminster, 1st £16.00, 2nd £11.00<ref>[https://timetableworld.com/ttw-viewer?token=84170e4d-4da2-4557-bfe7-182d2fdbd5e0 timetableworld.com]</ref>
====ExcursionsInbound excursions====(Fare is All excursion fares are for a return journey. Return is the same day unless stated otherwise)
*1953 Sunday 6 September from Wilnecote to Kidderminster 5/-, to Bewdley or Stourport 5/6<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0003369/19530905/117/0001 Coleshill Chronicle Saturday 5 September 1953 on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref>
*1957 Easter Monday 22 April, from Shrewsbury to Cound Halt 1/6, to Cressage 2/- for horse races at Eyton on Severn<ref>Poster on display at Highley Station</ref>
*1957 Sunday 23 June, from Birmingham Snow Hill to Cleobury Mortimer 4/-, to Tenbury 5/-<ref>[[:File:Tenbury line rambles poster.jpg | Excursion poster]]</ref>
*1959 Monday 23 July to Friday 27 July from Birmingham Snow Hill; to Northwood halt, 6/3, to Bridgnorth, 8/6<ref name="BY" />
*1959 Saturday 5 September to Stourport; from Birmingham Snow Hill, 4/10<ref name="BY" />
====Outbound excursions====
*1957 Sunday 4 August New Brighton, from Bridgnorth, 10/9, from Kidderminster, 13/-<ref name="BY">Handbills on display at Bewdley Station</ref>
*1959 Oxford and Abingdon combined rail, river and road trips, from Kidderminster, 16/3<ref name="BY" />
*1960 Tuesday 17 May, Dunstall park (for Wolverhampton horse races), from Hartlebury 5/9, from Bewdley 5/9, From Kidderminster 5/-<ref name="BY"/>
*1960 10 June, Kidderminster to Bristol 15/6, Weston-super-Mare 19/-, Weston including steamer cruise to Cardiff 25/-<ref name="BY"/>
*<1964 Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays to Dudley (for the zoo); from Stourport, 3/-, from Bewdley, 2/9<ref name="BY" /><ref group="note">The handbill is undated, but was issued prior to Dudley Station's closure in 1964.</ref>
*<1964? Saturdays to Shrewsbury from; Bewdley 5/3, Arley 4/9, Highley 4/3, Hampton Loade 4/-, Eardington 4/-, Bridgnorth 3/6<ref name="BY" /><ref group="note">The handbill is undated, but appears to be the reverse of the Dudley handbill above.</ref>
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