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In 1974 the SVR began services to [[Bewdley ]] and increased the amount of daily running during summer, resulting in a near tripling of the miles covered.

'''March 1974''': The Light Railway Transfer Order was granted to extend the line from [[Hampton Loade ]] to Bewdley.

'''April 1974''': Easter weekend saw services begin between Hampton Loade and [[Highley]]. The first passenger service was the 09:30 from [[Bridgnorth ]] with [[Railcar 22|GWR Railcar 22]], followed by the 12:45 steam service hauled by [[LMR 600 Gordon|No 600 Gordon]]. The weekend saw 16,000 passenger journeys.

'''May 1974''': The line was further opened from Highley to [[Arley ]] and Bewdley. GWR Railcar 22 operated the first round trip between Bridgnorth and Bewdley, while the first steam services were hauled by [[GWR Pannier 5764|No 5764 ]] from the [[Bewdley MPD|new MPD at Bewdley ]] and [[LMS Ivatt Class 4 43106|No 43106 ]] from Bridgnorth. Daily running during the summer season was extended to five weeks.

'''July 1974''': [[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46521 |46521]] became the SVR's first Barry restoration to enter service.

'''August 1974''': [[2047 Warwickshire ]] made a guest appearance in steam at the Town & County Show at Stoneleigh. Remarkably, the locomotive covered 8½ miles on a temporary track only 40 ft long!

| [[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46443 |46443]] || style="text-align:right;" | 3,855 || style="text-align:right;" | 9,200

| [[LMS Ivatt Class 4 43106 |43106]] || style="text-align:right;" | 3,760 || style="text-align:right;" | 6,352

| [[GWR Pannier 5764 |5764]] || style="text-align:right;" | 1,940 || style="text-align:right;" | 3,677

| [[WD 193 Shropshire ]] || style="text-align:right;" | 1,830 || style="text-align:right;" | 4,540

| [[LMS Stanier Class 5 45110 |45110]] || style="text-align:right;" | 1,600 || style="text-align:right;" | 5,190

| [[LMR 600 Gordon|600 Gordon]]|| style="text-align:right;" | 1,405 || style="text-align:right;" | 2,390

| [[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46521 |46521]] || style="text-align:right;" | 670 || style="text-align:right;" | 670

| [[LMS Jinty 47383 |47383]] || style="text-align:right;" | 635 || style="text-align:right;" | 655

| [[2047 Warwickshire ]] || style="text-align:right;" | 82 || style="text-align:right;" | 536