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A branch line from [[Stourport|Stourport Station]] was opened in 1940; thereafter coal could be brought in by rail from [[Collieries_served_by_the_Severn_Valley_Railway#Alveley_Colliery | Alveley]] and other local collieries. This route also replaced the ‘Light Run’ as the method of bringing coal from the Cannock area; by 1949 only 5% of the coal used arrived by water.<ref>Langford (1974) p. 66.</ref>
The canal and the [[River Stour ]] can be seen from the train as they pass under [[Falling Sands Viaduct]] near [[Kidderminster]]. The original Severn Valley Railway also crossed the canal on the outskirts of Stourport.
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