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Stourport Station was located 3 miles from Hartlebury and 37&frac34; miles from Shrewsbury. It was considered one of the principal stations on the line, with two platforms and a passing loop from opening in 1862 as well as a small goods yard and goods shed. The station building was almost identical to those at [[Bewdley]] and [[Buildwas]]. The location of the station just a short way north of the town made it perhaps the most convenient of the Severn Valley Railway’s stations relative to the town it served.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Vanns (1998/2013)]] p. 75.</ref>

The line through Stourport ran east-west, the goods yard being situated south of the line. In 1885, additional sidings were installed north of the line connecting to a newly built basin on the [[Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal]]. Around this time the GWR also built two new interlocked [[List of signal boxes#List of historical Signal Boxes and Ground Frames |signal boxes]] at each end of the station; these were named Stourport North and Stourport South, referring to the overall direction of travel rather than the geography of the station itself. From late 1887 the double line between the boxes was worked under [[Absolute Block | absolute block]] regulations.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Vanns (1998/2013)]] p. 77.</ref> A level crossing was situated immediately to the west of the station. Construction of the [[Kidderminster and Stourport Electric Tramway]] was authorised in 1896. The tramway ran along Minster Road, crossing the railway at Stourport via the level crossing at a skew angle. During the tramway's construction, the GWR took the opportunity to extend the passing loop beyond the level crossing at a cost of £349, of which the Tramway company reimbursed £202<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] p. 90.</ref>.  [[SVR staff in 1922#Severn Valley Railway (South of Bewdley)|GWR staff records for 1922]] show the station had a staff of 28. Stourport station was officially renamed 'Stourport-on-Severn' in 1934, possibly to avoid confusion with nearby Stourbridgeas there was no other Stourport station.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Marshall (1989)]] p. 89.</ref>

{| class="wikitable |+ Early Station Masters at Stourport prior to 1939|-!Name!!Born !! data-sort-type="date" | From !! data-sort-type="date" | To !! Comments|-|Isaac Norris Hunt||18 April 1828 Clifton, Gloucestershire|| August 1863|| September 1866||Joined West Midland Railway August 1862. Later Station Master at Bridgnorth. Died 22 March 1899|-|John Bowen Mayers||4 January 1845 Pontypool, Monmouthshire|| November 1866|| January 1875||Formerly Station Master at Ironbridge. Later Station Master at Kidderminster. Retired 27 May 1905. Died 17 February 1919.|-|Samuel Partridge Hunt||20 October 1846 Droitwich, Worcestershire|| January 1875|| March 1877||Formerly Goods Clerk at Bridgnorth. Later Station Master at Kidderminster. Died 8 January 1926.|-|(George) James Simms||17 August 1851 Wantage, Berkshire|| March 1877|| January 1881|||-|John Bourne||20 July 1858 Droitwich, Worcestershire|| July 1882|| May 1906||Pensioned 23 May 1910. Died 26 November 1928.|-|John Fortey Wilding||12/9/1862 Newnham, Hampshire|| July 1906|| 1915?||Retired 1915?. Died 7 November 1933.|-|Martyn Pynor Morris||19/4/1859 Llandigwith, Cardiganshire|| 1915?|| ?||Died 8 August 1931.|-|Frederick Charles Buckingham||20 September 1876 Witney, Oxfordshire|| By 1924|| 1936?||Retired 1936? Died 8 June 1961.|-|} {| class="wikitable"|+ [[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership#Traffic statistics|GWR Traffic statistics]] for Stourport, selected years prior to 1939<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Nabarro (1971)]] p. 54.</ref>|-! !! colspan="3" | Passenger Traffic !! colspan="2" | Freight Traffic !! |-! Year !! Tickets issued !! Parcels despatched !! Revenue (&pound;) !! Tons received &amp; despatched !! Revenue (&pound;) !! Total revenue (&pound;)|-|1903||style="text-align:right"|29,300||style="text-align:right"|21,338||style="text-align:right"|3,155||style="text-align:right"|76,174||style="text-align:right"|24,437||style="text-align:right"|27,592|-|1913||style="text-align:right"|36,902||style="text-align:right"|32,380||style="text-align:right"|4,300||style="text-align:right"|88,667||style="text-align:right"|31,006||style="text-align:right"|35,306|-|1923||style="text-align:right"|37,736||style="text-align:right"|22,474||style="text-align:right"|6,286||style="text-align:right"|96,711||style="text-align:right"|49,168||style="text-align:right"|55,454|-|1933||style="text-align:right"|17,137||style="text-align:right"|28,787||style="text-align:right"|4,176||style="text-align:right"|133,929||style="text-align:right"|61,403||style="text-align:right"|65,579|-|1938||style="text-align:right"|16,269||style="text-align:right"|36,566||style="text-align:right"|4,078||style="text-align:right"|130,922||style="text-align:right"|61,178||style="text-align:right"|65,256|-|} ==Closure==BR ended passenger services over the [[Stourport Branch]] with effect from 6 January 1970.  The station was decommissioned and demolished in 1984.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|''Severn Valley Railway: Railway Heritage Guide'', Vanns (2017)]] p. 55.</ref> The area it formerly occupied by the station is now part of a housing estateand no trace remains. ==Historic maps of Stourport== * 1885 map showing Minster Road level crossing to the west and the canal to the east.* 1902 map showing the canal basin and sidings.* 1924 map showing the [[Burlish Branch]] to the west and a wagon turntable at the canal basin.* 1938 map showing the junction to the power station to the east. <gallery>File:Stourport1885map.jpg | 1885File:Stourport1902map.jpg | 1902File:Stourport1924map.jpg | 1924File:Stourport1938map.jpg | 1938</gallery>  ==The town of Stourport==The origins of the Worcestershire town of Stourport date back to the completion of the [[Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal]] in 1771. In that year John Wesley described Stourport as a "well-built village", but following the opening of the canal for trade in 1772 the village quickly grew into a town based around the large canal basins that served as the ‘port’, reaching a population of 1,300 by 1795.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stourport-on-Severn Stourport on Wikipedia]</ref>  The early growth of Stourport saw a corresponding decline in the fortunes of [[Bewdley]] as a port.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Marshall (1989)]] p.12.</ref> However further significant growth of Stourport was effectively ended by the opening of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal in 1816. This provided a direct link between the two towns. A [[Excursions by Railway|description of the newly opened Severn Valley branch]] in 1863 describes: "Stourport is marked in the distance by three tall smoking chimneys, and as you pass through the station the sensitive nose detects the not unpleasant aroma of bark, leather-tanning being the staple trade of the town. Just before reaching the station the line crosses the little river which gives its name to the town, and we arrive within sight of the Severn"<ref>"Excursions by Railway", Worcester Journal, 25 April 1863</ref>.