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[[File:Stourport Branch 20151122.jpg|300px|thumb|right|The Stourport Triangle with the Stourport Line to the rightin 2015]]
The "Stourport Triangle" (also known as the "Bewdley Triangle") is the name given to the small area of land between the [[Kidderminster]] and [[Stourport]] lines as they diverge to the southeast of Bewdley. The ground in the area of the triangle was excavated to rail level in 1986 to provide filling for the Bewdley Bypass<ref>[[Bibliography | Marshall (1989), p93]]</ref>.
==Current use==*Currently the remains of the [[Stourport Branch]], the sidings which have been added since its closure and the ground around them are used for the storage of goods wagons and Permanent Way materials. *On certain Gala days a [[Class 108 DMU]] shuttle service is operated between the Triangle, [[Bewdley]] and the short remaining length of former [[Tenbury Branch]] track immediately north of Bewdley to recreate the feel of Bewdley as a country junction station.*In 2015, Rail Safety Solutions (RSS) entered an agreement with the SVR to lease the [[Stourport Branch]].<ref>SVR News 192, "General Manager's Notes", Nick Ralls</ref> A small section of relaid track can be seen on the site, along with a hoarding bearing the logos of RSS, Auctus Training Solutions and the SVR.*From time to time the area is substantially tidied up as resources allow, such as in 2008 when restricted services ran following the [[2007 Storm Damage]]. This involved vegetation clearance and the disposal of scrap rail and other materials to raise funds. During 2020 the area was temporarily cleared of all [[:Category:Rolling stock at the Stourport Triangle | stored rolling stock]] to again allow the area to be tidied. <gallery>File:RSS_Poster_20170218.jpg | Poster at the Stourport Triangle in 2017File:Triangle_20170409.jpg | Examples of track work in 2017</gallery> ==Other proposals==From time to time proposals have been made to make use of this site. *In 1973 a report was put forward suggesting siting a loco running shed there.<ref>SVR News 29</ref>. *In 1979 plans were drawn up for a three road carriage shed.<ref>SVR News 50</ref>. *The triangle was also planned to be the location of the SVR’s [[Kidderminster Turntable | turntable]], acquired in 1980 but later installed at Kidderminster. Currently *In December 2010 an attempt was made to build a two-road shed for the storage of up to 50 wagons on the course of the remains trackbed of the [[Stourport Branch]], with access through the sidings which have been added since its closure and the ground around them are used for the storage of goods wagons and Permanent Way materialssite<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=1133&highlight=hlf Fathers, P., SVR Forum 10 December 2010] (Retrieved 4 January 2018</ref>.
==See also==
*[[:Category:Rolling stock at the Stourport Triangle | List of rolling stock at the Stourport triangle]]*[[Wagon Review Group]]
==References==
