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[[File:StourportPowerStationShuntersBritainFromAbove StourportPS 1948.jpg|thumb|200px300px|right|Two CEGB steam locomotives at Stourport Power Station from the power station circa 1968air in 1948. The small shed can just be seen behind exchange sidings are in the second enginetop left, with the coal drops in the middle of the image.Note the smoke stacks are painted in camouflage colours. Image from [http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/eaw013590 Britain from Above]]] 

[[File:BritainFromAbove StourportPS 1948Stourport_OS.jpg|thumb|200px300px|right|Extract from 1951 OS Map showing Stourport Power Station from ]]Coal was initially delivered to the power station via the [[River Severn]] or the [[Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal]] (which can be seen passing under the air in 1948SVR at [[Falling Sands Viaduct]]). The exchange additional sidings are and canal basin built at [[Stourport | Stourport Station]] in the top left1885 allowed coal to be brought there by rail, with then transshipped to boats for the coal drops in final leg of its journey to the middle power station. The majority of the image. Note coal came via the smoke stacks are painted canal by barge direct from collieries in camouflage coloursthe Cannock Coalfield. Image The coal was unloaded from [http://wwwthe barges at the 'Furthermost Basin' by two electric grabs, and transferred to the power station via hoppers along a short length of aerial ropeway.<ref>''Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal'' (1974), J.britainfromaboveIan Longford, p.org180.uk/image</eaw013590 Britain from Above]]]ref>

Coal was initially delivered to Authorisation for construction of the power station via granted in 1918 included a branch railway of 7.3 furlongs along an embankment, joining the [[River Severn]] or Valley branch 25 yards east of the bridge over the [[Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal]] (which can be seen passing under the SVR at [[Falling Sands Viaduct]]). The additional sidings and canal basin This was not built at [[Stourport | Stourport Station]] the time and the powers lapsed. They were renewed in 1885 allowed 1938 and the branch line constructed so that coal to could be brought there in directly by rail, then transshipped to boats for the final leg of its journey to the power station. The majority of From Stourport the coal came via branch successively crossed Mill Road, the canal by barge direct from collieries in the Cannock CoalfieldRiver Stour, Hartlebury Road and Worcester Road on plate girder bridges. The coal was unloaded from the barges at the 'Furthermost Basin' by two electric grabs, and transferred to the power station via hoppers along a short length of aerial ropewayMain line locomotives were not allowed beyond this last bridge.<refname=Marshall88>''Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal'' [[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (19741989), J. Ian Longford, ]] p. 18088.</ref>

In 1940 a The branch line from Stourport along an embankment was constructed so that coal could be brought opened in directly by rail; early 1940 and by 1949 all but 5% of the coal arrived by this route. A portion of the coal for Stourport Power Station came from [[Collieries served by the Severn Valley Railway|the collieries served by the Severn Valley line]], with approximately 30% of the output of [[Collieries served by the Severn Valley Railway#Alveley Colliery|Alveley Colliery]] being sent to the power station. The majority of the coal continued to come from Cannock Chase, with such coal arriving at [[Hartlebury]] from Stourbridge, often behind a Midland engine. A shunting locomotive was stationed at Hartlebury to shuttle coal wagons between there and Stourbridge.<ref>[[Tales_from_the_Severn_Valley#Coal_for_Stourport_Power_Station | Recollection of former NCB employee]]</ref> A former NCB employee's recollections of coal workings can be found in [[Tales_from_the_Severn_Valley#Coal_for_Stourport_Power_Station|Tales from the Severn Valley]].

[[File:StourportPowerStationShunters.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Two CEGB steam locomotives at the power station circa 1968. The small shed can just be seen behind the second engine.]]Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST works number 2088/1940 "Sir Thomas Royden" was ordered for the station and delivered new on 28th May 1940. This [http://www.miac.org.uk/stourportps.html article by Adrian Booth] suggests that the delivery was initially to Little Barford Power Station in Bedfordshire, with a transfer to Stourport in 1941 when the standard gauge facilities on the power station were completed. The locomotive was named after the Chairman of the Edmundsons Electricity Corporation which operated the power station at the time. It remained in service until 1977, and is now preserved at Rocks by Rail, formerly known as the Rutland Railway Museum.<ref>[http://www.rocks-by-rail.org/exhibit/ab-2088-sir-thomas-royden/ Rocks by Rail] (Retrieved 13 June 2016)</ref>

By the 1970s the power station was in decline, with Stourport A being closed in 1976.<ref name = "Booth" /> Coal continued to be delivered to the power station by rail via Hartlebury, but an increasing proportion was delivered by road towards the end of the 1970s, until coal trains ceased in March 1979 and road haulage took over completely.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Mitchell & Smith (2007)]]</ref><ref name="StourportPast">[https://www.facebook.com/STOURPORTPAST/posts/1170675616317956 Stourport Past Facebook Page, retrieved 14/06/2016]</ref> The line itself was finally taken out of use on 12 January 1981.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Vanns]] p. 94.</ref> Stourport B finally closed in 1984 and has since been demolished, with the area now mainly being a housing estate.The bridge over Worcester Road was demolished on 4 February 1986.<ref name=Marshall88/>