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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 station Electric Tramway]] was officially renamed 'authorised in 1896. The tramway ran along Minster Road, crossing the railway at Stourport-on-Severnvia the level crossing at a skew angle. During the tramway' in 1934s construction, possibly the GWR took the opportunity to avoid confusion with nearby Stourbridge as there was no other Stourport station.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. 8990.</ref>.

[[SVR staff in 1922#Severn Valley Railway (South of Bewdley)|GWR staff records for 1922]] show the station had a staff of 28. In 1927 the GWR Engineering Department reported that "improvements are being made" at Stourport.<ref>Great Western Railway Magazine, January 1927</ref> In 1930 it was announced that "A warehouse is to be constructed at Stourport station"<ref>Great Western Railway Magazine, January 1930</ref> The Civil Parish of Stourport was renamed "'''Stourport-on-Severn'''" in 1934 (see 'The town of Stourport' below). Stourport station was similarly renamed in the same year.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Marshall (1989)]] p. 89.</ref><ref group="note">Marshall suggested the station might have been renamed to avoid confusion with nearby Stourbridge as there was no other Stourport station. The change of name of the Civil Parish was more likely the reason.</ref> On 11 February 1937 the GWR General Manager authorised the plan for construction of a new 60ft x 24ft warehouse<ref group="note">Possibly the same warehouse referred to in the 1930 announcement?</ref> in the goods yard at a cost of £420. This was located at the west end of the yard (nearest the station buildings) at the end of a siding (labelled "C" on the 1938 map below). The Shropshire & , Worcestershire and Staffordshire Electric Power Co built a [[Stourport Power Station | power station]] at Stourport after the First World War. However a direct rail connection to the Severn Valley Railway was only opened in 1940, coal deliveries before then being mainly via the River Severn or the [[Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal]]. Once opened, the rail connection remained until January 1981, prolonging the life of the southern end of the Severn Valley Railway.

A 1960 BR list of Loops and Refuge Sidings gives the capacities at Stourport as 29 wagons in the Up Relief Siding, 24 in the Crossing Loop, 38 in the Down Goods Loop, and 45 in the Down Park Loop.(All plus engine and brake van).<ref>Sectional Appendix to the Working Time Tables and Books of Rules and Regulations, Birmingham Traffic District, October 1960</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.|-|WJB Banbury || ? || 1936? ||July 1942 || Started at Ilminster in 1896 as Booking Clerk. Previously Station Master at Moretonhampstead, Cleobury Mortimer and Bewdley. Retired 11 July 1942.<ref>Great Western Railway Magazine, August 1942 edition</ref>|-|} {| class="wikitable"|+ [[Traffic statistics in commercial service]] for Stourport, selected years 1903 to 1952|-! !! 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|-|1942||style="text-align:right"|29,167||style="text-align:right"|X||style="text-align:right"|11,316||style="text-align:right"|435,688||style="text-align:right"|X||style="text-align:right"|X|-|1947||style="text-align:right"|21,679||style="text-align:right"|36,781||style="text-align:right"|8,089||style="text-align:right"|435,419||style="text-align:right"|X||style="text-align:right"|X|-|1952||style="text-align:right"|13,007||style="text-align:right"|27,137||style="text-align:right"|6,729||style="text-align:right"|531,823||style="text-align:right"|X||style="text-align:right"|X|-|}X: Data not recorded ==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 OS map showing Minster Road level crossing to the west and the canal to the east.* 1902 OS map showing the canal basin and sidings.* 1924 OS map showing the [[Burlish Branch]] to the west and a wagon turntable at the canal basin.* 1938 OS map showing the junction to the power station to the east.* 1905 GWR schematic plan of Stourport giving siding capacities and other details. <gallery mode=packed heights=150px style="text-align:left">File:Stourport1885map.jpg | 1885File:Stourport1902map.jpg | 1902File:Stourport1924map.jpg | 1924File:Stourport1938map.jpg | 1938File:Stourport plan 1905.png | 1905</gallery>

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