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The following tables produced by the GWR show the number of staff employed at each 'Grade' (job description) by the GWR stations on the Severn Valley Branch and [[Wyre Forest Line]] in 1922. They give the total number of each 'Grade' (job title) and also show the number at each 'Class or Grading' (pay grade) where known, either 'S' (Special), or from 'S1' (Supervisorhighest) down to 'J' (Junior). Pay structure was also affected by whether the station was 'Rural' or 'Industrial'. A table for Shrewsbury is included for completeness and to give a comparison with a large, mainline station. The numbers of staff at larger stations such as Shrewsbury and Kidderminster appear to include (where applicable) those working in the goods yard, but not those working in the associated goods depot. They also include S&T staff such as signalmen, but exclude permanent way department staff and those allocated to local motive power depots such as footplate men and fitters etc.

| Rowspan="18" style="vertical-align:top;" | '''[[Kidderminstermainline station|Kidderminster]]'''<br>(Industrial) || Stationmaster || style="text-align:center;" | 1 || || 1 || || || || || || || Rowspan="16" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" |Extra staff during summer:<br>1 Porter

| Rowspan="14" style="vertical-align:top;"| '''[[Bewdley]]'''<br>(Rural) || Stationmaster || style="text-align:center;" | 1 || || || 1 || || || || || || Rowspan="14" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" |Extra staff during summer:<br>1 Porter

| Rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"| '''[[Arley]]'''<br>(Rural) || Stationmaster || style="text-align:center;" | 1 || || || || || || 1 || || || Rowspan="3" |

| Rowspan="9" style="vertical-align:top;"| '''[[Highley]]'''<br>(Rural) || Stationmaster || style="text-align:center;" | 1 || || || || 1 || || || || || Rowspan="9" |

| Rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"| '''[[Hampton Loade]]'''<br>(Rural) || Stationmaster || style="text-align:center;" | 1 || || || || || || 1 || || || Rowspan="3" |

| Rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"| '''[[Eardington]]'''<br>(Rural) || Stationmaster || style="text-align:center;" | 1 || || || || || || 1 || || ||

| Rowspan="14" style="vertical-align:top;"| '''[[Bridgnorth]]'''<br>(Industrial) || Stationmaster || style="text-align:center;" | 1 || || || 1 || || || || || || Rowspan="12" |

| Rowspan="12" style="vertical-align:top;" | '''[[Hartlebury]]''' <br>(Rural) || Stationmaster || style="text-align:center;" | 1 || || || || || || || || || Rowspan="10" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" |Extra staff during fruit season:<br>1 Porter

| Rowspan="12" style="vertical-align:top;" | '''[[Stourport]]''' <br>(Rural) || Stationmaster || style="text-align:center;" | 1 || || || 1 || || || || || || Rowspan="10" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" |Extra staff during fruit season:<br>1 Porter

| Rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" | '''[[Linley]]''' <br>(Rural) || Stationmaster || style="text-align:center;" | 1 || || || || || || || 1 || || Rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" |

| Rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;" | '''[[Coalport]]''' <br>(Industrial) || Stationmaster || style="text-align:center;" | 1 || || || || || 1 || || || || Rowspan="4" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" |

| Rowspan="13" style="vertical-align:top;" | '''[[Ironbridge and Broseley|Ironbridge<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and<br>Broseley]]''' <br>(Rural) || Stationmaster || style="text-align:center;" | 1 || || || 1 || || || || || || Rowspan="9" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" |

| Gatewoman, Jackfield Nº1 Nº2 Crossing || style="text-align:center;" | 1 || || || || || || || || || 12 hours

| Rowspan="8" style="vertical-align:top;"| '''[[Buildwas]]''' <br>(Rural) || Stationmaster || style="text-align:center;" | 1 || || || || || 1 || || || || Rowspan="6" |

| Rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;"| '''[[Cressage]]''' <br>(Rural) || Stationmaster || style="text-align:center;" | 1 || || || || || || || || || Rowspan="3" |

| Rowspan="6" style="vertical-align:top;"| '''[[Berrington]]''' <br>(Rural) || Stationmaster || style="text-align:center;" | 1 || || || || || || 1 || || || Rowspan="6" |

| Rowspan="23" style="vertical-align:top;" | '''[[Wyre ForestLine#Wyre Forest|Wyre Forest]]''' <br>(Rural) || Stationmaster || style="text-align:center;"| 1 || || || || || || || 1 || || Rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | Extra staff during Fruit season:<br>1 Porter, Grade 2|-| Gatewoman || style="text-align:center;"| 1 || || || || || || || || || Ford Crossing, 14 hours

| Gatewoman, Ford Crossing Total || style="text-align:center;" | 2 || colspan="8" | ||  |-style="background-color:#eaecf0;"| Rowspan="11" style="vertical-align:top;" | '''[[Wyre Forest Line#Cleobury Mortimer|Cleobury Mortimer]]'''<br>(Rural) || Stationmaster || style="text-align:center;"| 1 || || || || 1 || || || || || Rowspan="6" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | Controls Ditton Priors Branch<br>* One porter each at -<br>Cleobury Town<br>Burwarton<br>Stottesden<br>Ditton Priors

| Rowspan="10" Booking Clerk || style="verticaltext-align:topcenter;" | '''Cleobury Mortimer''' || Stationmaster || 1 || || || || || || || || || Rowspan="6" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | Controls Ditton Priors Branch<br>* One porter each at -<br>Cleobury Town<br>Burwarton<br>Stottesden<br>Ditton Priors 1

| Booking Goods Clerk || style="text-align:center;"| 1 || || || || || 1 || || ||

| Goods General Clerk || style="text-align:center;"| 1 || || || || || || 1 || ||

| General Clerk Porters* || 1 style="text-align:center;"| 5 || || 4 || || || || || || 1

| Porters* Passenger Guard || 5 style="text-align:center;"| 1 || || || || || || || ||

| Passenger Guard Gatewoman || style="text-align:center;"| 1 || || || || || || || || || Cleobury North Crossing, 12 hours

| Gatewoman Goods Porter || style="text-align:center;"| 1 || || || || || || || || || Cleobury North Crossing, 12 hoursRowspan="4" |

| Goods Porter Shunter || 1 |style="text-align:center;"| 1 || || || || || 1 || || || Rowspan="3" |

| Goods Shunter Signalmen || 1 style="text-align:center;"| 2 || || || || || 1 || || ||

| Signalmen Total || 2 style="text-align:center;" |15 || colspan="8" |  |- |Rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;" | '''[[Wyre Forest Line#Neen Sollars|Neen Sollars]]'''<br>(Rural) || Stationmaster || style="text-align:center;"| 1 || || || || || || 1 || || || Rowspan="4" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" |

| Rowspan="3" Porter Signalman || style="verticaltext-align:topcenter;" | '''Neen Sollars''' || Stationmaster || 3 || 1 || || || || || || || || Rowspan="3" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" |

| Porter Signalman || style="text-align:center;"| 1 || || || || || || || 1 |||- | Total || style="text-align:center;" | 3 || colspan="8" ||  

| Rowspan="115" style="vertical-align:top;" | '''Tenbury Wells[[Wyre Forest Line#Newnham Bridge|Newnham Bridge]]''' <br>(Rural) || Stationmaster || style="text-align:center;"| 1 || || || || || 1 || || || || Rowspan="115" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | Extra staff during fruit seasonFruit and Hop Season:<br>2 Clerks1 Clerk, Class 5<br>2 Goods Porters<br>1 Single Horse Carter , Grade 2

| Goods Clerks General Clerk || 3 style="text-align:center;"| 1 || || || || || || || || 1

| General Clerk Porter || style="text-align:center;"| 1 || || || 1 || || || || ||

| Parcel Porters Goods Porter || style="text-align:center;"| 1 || || || || || || || ||

|Total || style="text-align:center;" | 4 || colspan="8" |  |-| Rowspan="12" style="vertical-align:top;" | '''[[Wyre Forest Line#Tenbury Wells|Tenbury Wells]]'''<br>(Rural) || Stationmaster || style="text-align:center;"| 1 || || || || 1 || || || || || Rowspan="12" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | Shrewsbury and Hereford<br>Joint Line.<br>Extra staff during fruit season:<br>2 Clerks, Class 5<br>2 Goods Porters<br>1 Single Horse Carter |-| Goods Clerks || style="text-align:center;"| 3 || || || || || 1 || 1 || || 1|-| General Clerk || style="text-align:center;"| 1 || || || || || || 1 || || |-| Parcel Porters || style="text-align:center;"| 1 || || || || || || || || |-| Porter || style="text-align:center;"| 1 || || || 1 || || || || || |-| Working Foreman || style="text-align:center;"| 1 || || || || || || || || |-| Goods Carter - Single Horse || style="text-align:center;"| 1 || || || || || || || || |-| Goods Porters || style="text-align:center;"| 4 || || || || || || || || |-| Weighbridgeman || style="text-align:center;"| 1 || || || || || || || || |-| Signalman, East || style="text-align:center;"| 2 || || || || || || 2 || || |-| Signalman, West || style="text-align:center;"| 2 || || || || || || 2 || || |-| Total || style="text-align:center;" | 18 || colspan="8" |  

| Working Foreman Rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;" |'''[[Wyre Forest Line#Easton Court| Easton Court]]'''<br>(Rural) || Stationmaster || style="text-align:center;"| 1 || || || || || || 1 || || || Rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | Shrewsbury and Hereford<br>Joint Line.

| Goods Carter Porter || style="text- Single Horse |align:center;"| 1 || || || 1 || || || || ||

| Goods Porters Crossing Keeper || 4 style="text-align:center;"| 1 || || || || || || || || || Little Hereford, 13½ hours

| Weighbridgeman Total || style="text-align:center;" | 3 || colspan="8" | ||  |-| Rowspan="8" style="vertical-align:top;" | '''[[Wyre Forest Line#Woofferton|Woofferton]]'''<br>(Rural) || Stationmaster || style="text-align:center;"| 1 || || || || 1 || || || || || Rowspan="8" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | Shrewsbury and Hereford<br>Joint Line.|-| General Clerks || style="text-align:center;"| 3 || || || || || || 1 || || 2|-| Station Foremen || style="text-align:center;"| 2 || || || 2 || || || || || |-| Porters || style="text-align:center;"| 4 || || || 3 || || || || || 1 |-| Signalmen, Junction || style="text-align:center;"| 3 || || || || 3 || || || || |-| Signalmen, Ashford Crossing || style="text-align:center;"| 3 || || || || || || 3 || || |-|Total || style="text-align:center;" |16 || colspan="8" |  |} ==Shrewsbury== {| class="wikitable"|+Shrewsbury|-! Rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | Station !! Rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" |Grade !! Rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | Number !! Colspan="8" |Class or Grading !! Rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | Remarks|-style="background-color:#eaecf0f2f2f2;"| Signalman'''S''' || '''1''' || '''2''' || '''3''' || '''4''' || '''5''' || '''6''' || '''J''' |-| Rowspan="44" style="vertical-align:top;" | '''[[Shrewsbury]]'''<br>(Industrial) || Stationmaster || style="text-align:center;"| 1 || 1 || || || || || || || || Rowspan="9" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | Extra staff during Summer:<br>1 Ticket Collector, Grade 1<br>1 Porter, Grade 1<br>6 Porters, East Grade 2<br>2 Telephone Attendants (Junior)<br>at Severn Bridge Box|-| Passenger & Parcel Agent || style="text-align:center;" | 1 || || 1 || || || || || || |-| Booking Clerks || style="text-align:center;" | 7 || || || || 1 || 2 || 4 || || |-| Parcel Clerks || style="text-align:center;" | 6 || || || || || 1 || 5 || || |-| General Clerk || style="text-align:center;" | 4 || || || || 1 || || 2 || || 1|-| Station Inspectors || style="text-align:center;" | 7 || || || || 3 || 4 || || || |-| Station Foremen || style="backgroundtext-align:center;" | 2 || || 2 || || || || || || |-| Foreman Ticket Collector || style="text-align:center;" | 1 || || 1 || || || || || || |-| Ticket Collectors || style="text-align:center;" | 14 || || 14 || || || || || || |-| Telegraphists || style="text-align:center;" | 3 || || || || || || || || 3 || style="text-align:center;" | Sutton Bridge Box|-| Telephone Attendant, Station || style="text-align:center;" | 1 || || || || || || || || 1 || Rowspan="4" | |-| Telephone Attendants, Crewe Junc.Box || style="text-align:center;" | 3 || || || || || || || || 3|-| Parcel Foremen || style="text-align:center;" | 3 || || || 3 || || || || || |-| Parcel porters || style="text-align:center;" | 16 || || || || || || || || |-| Porters || style="text-align:center;" | 36 || || 5 || 28<span style="vertical-align:super;font-size:x-small">b</span> || || || || || 3<span style="vertical-align:super;font-size:x-small">a</span> || Rowspan="2" | <span style="vertical-align:super;font-size:x-small">a</span>Time Takers<br><span style="vertical-align:super;font-size:x-small">b</span>Includes 4 Stn. Relief Porters|-| Horse Parcel Vanmen || style="text-align:center;" | 3 || || || 3 || || || || || |-| Vanguards || style="text-align:center;" | 3 || || || || || || || || 3 || Rowspan="9" | |-| Signal Lampmen || style="text-align:center;" | 2 || || || || || || || || |-| Excess Luggage Collectors || style="text-align:center;" | 2 || || 2 || || || || || || |-| Horse & Carriage Porters || style="text-align:center;" | 2 || || || || || || || || |-| Cloak Room & L.P.O. Attds. || style="text-align:center;" | 4 || || || || || || || || |-| Letter Sorters || style="text-align:center;" | 3 || || || || || || || || |-| Waiting Room Attendants || style="text-align:center;" | 3 || || || || || || || || |-| Goods Checker, Abbey Foregate || style="text-align:center;" | 1 || || || || || || || || |-| Goods Checker, Coleham || style="text-align:center;" | 1 || || || || || || || || |-| Goods Porter || style="text-coloralign:#eaecf0center;"| 1 || || || || || || || || 1 || Coleham| Signalman-| Weighbridgeman, West Abbey Foregate || style="text-align:center;" | 1 || || || || || || | | || || Rowspan="2 " ||-| Weighbridgeman, Coleham || style="text-align:center;" | 1 || || || || || || || || |-| Yard Foremen (Passengers) || style="text-align:center;" | 3 || || || 3 || || || || || || Station|-| Yard Foremen (Goods) || style="text-align:center;" | 3 || || || 3 || || || || || || Coleham|-| Passenger Shunters || style="text-align:center;" | 9 || || || 9 || || || || || || |-| Goods Shunters || style="text-align:center;" | 6 || || || 6 || || || || || || Coleham|-| Signalmen, Severn Bridge Junction || style="text-align:center;" | 6 || 6 || || || || || || || || Rowspan="12" ||-| Signalmen, Centre || style="text-align:center;" | 3 || || || 3 || || || || || |-| Signalmen, Crewe Junction || style="text-align:center;" | 3 || || 3 || || || || || || |-| Signalmen, Abbey Foregate || style="text-align:center;" | 3 || || || 3 || || || || || |-| Signalmen, English Bridge || style="text-align:center;" | 3 || || || 3 || || || || || |-| Signalmen, Coleham || style="text-align:center;" | 3 || || || 3 || || || || || |-| Signalmen, Sutton Bridge|| style="text-align:center;" | 3 || || 3 || || || || || || |-| Signalmen, Bayston Hill || style="text-align:center;" | 3 || || || || || 3 || || || |-| Signalmen, Belvidere Bridge|| style="text-align:center;" | 2 || || || || || || 2 || ||

| Rowspan="3" Signalmen, Meole Brace Junction || style="verticaltext-align:topcenter;" | '''Easton Court''' || Stationmaster || 1 || || || || || || || || || Rowspan="3" ||-style="background-color:#eaecf0;"| Porter || 1 || || || || || || || ||

| Crossing Keeper Charwoman || 1 style="text-align:center;" | 4 || || || || || || || ||

| Rowspan="6" style="vertical-align:top;" | '''Woofferton''' || Stationmaster |Total | 1 || || || || || || || || || Rowspan="6" | |-style="backgroundtext-color:#eaecf0;"| General Clerks || 3 || || || || || || || || |- style="background-color:#eaecf0;"| Station Foremen || 2 || || || || || || || || |-style="background-coloralign:#eaecf0center;"| Porters || 4 || || || || || || || || |-style="background-color:#eaecf0;"| Signalmen, Junction || 3 || || || || || || || |187 | |-stylecolspan="background-color:#eaecf0;8"| Signalmen, Ashford Crossing || 3 || || || || || || || || |-style="background-color:#eaecf0;"