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:The National Railway Heritage Awards committee awarded [[Arley]] [[Awards | 'The Stagecoach Volunteers Award 2016']] for their outstanding dedication to maintaining and preserving Arley station. [[Bewdley]] was “Highly Commended” in the 'Great Western Railway Craft Skills Award' category recognising their work on the major restoration of the unique island platform canopy of platforms 2 and 3.<ref>SVR Noticeboard Issue</ref>
:The Festive Season trains from 26 December were sufficiently busy for an additional steam diagram to be added from 28 December to 2 January 2017.
:All piling work was completed on the Bridgnorth development project, with work to start in January 2017 to produce the reinforced concrete ring beam to tie all the pile heads together.<ref>[http://www.svrlive.com/bridgnorth-development SVRLive] (retrieved 3 January 2017)</ref>.
==2017==
:The Heritage Railway Association awarded [[Diesel Depot | Kidderminster Traction Maintenance Depot]] its [[Awards | Modern Traction Award]] for the depot's ‘major contribution to modern traction preservation’.<ref>[http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/local/15004436.Coveted_heritage_railway_industry_award_for_Severn_Valley_Railway__39_s_diesel_depot/ Kidderminster Shuttle 5 January 2017] (retrieved 15 January 2017)</ref>
:The year's 'Winter Works' involved relaying around half a mile of track along Waterworks straight, just north of Hampton Loade, including about 250 metres of drainage <ref>SVRLive</ref>
:By 23 January share sales had reached £880,000.<ref>SVR website</ref>.
'''February 2017'''
