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*'''1965''': Formation of the [[Severn Valley Railway Society]].

*'''1982''': Last use of [[Eardington | Eardington Halt]] as a request stop

*'''1985''': [[Tales from the Severn Valley#April_Fool.21|City of Truro ‘April Fool’]]

*'''1990''': [[Bridgnorth Loco Works#Boiler_shop|Bridgnorth Boiler Shop ]] opened*'''1991''': , [[Kidderminster Railway Museum]] opened

*'''2000''': Locomotive fleet decimated ravaged by the ‘boiler crisis’

*'''2007''': Last SVR-based steam locomotive to haul a [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line | main line rail tour]]*'''2007''': The railway suffered massive flood [[2007 Storm Damage|storm damage]]

{{TimelineNavbox}| class="wikitable"|-!colspan="2" align="center"|'''Severn Valley Railway timeline since 1965'''|-|[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1965-1969 | 1965-1969]] ||[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1965-1969#1965 | 1965]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1965-1969#1966 | 1966]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1965-1969#1967 | 1967]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1965-1969#1968 | 1968]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1965-1969#1969 | 1969]]|-|[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979 | 1970-1979]]||[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979#1970 | 1970]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979#1971 | 1971]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979#1972 | 1972]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979#1973 | 1973]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979#1974 | 1974]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979#1975 | 1975]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979#1976 | 1976]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979#1977 | 1977]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979#1978 | 1978]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979#1979 | 1979]]|-|[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1980-1989 | 1980-1989]]||[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1980-1989#1980 | 1980]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1980-1989#1981 | 1981]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1980-1989#1982 | 1982]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1980-1989#1983 | 1983]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1980-1989#1984 | 1984]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1980-1989#1985 | 1985]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1980-1989#1986 | 1986]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1980-1989#1987 | 1987]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1980-1989#1988 | 1988]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1980-1989#1989 | 1989]]|-|[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1990-1999 | 1990-1999]]||[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1990-1999#1990 | 1990]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1990-1999#1991 | 1991]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1990-1999#1992 | 1992]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1990-1999#1993 | 1993]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1990-1999#1994 | 1994]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1990-1999#1995 | 1995]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1990-1999#1996 | 1996]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1990-1999#1997 | 1997]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1990-1999#1998 | 1998]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1990-1999#1999 | 1999]]|-|[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2000-2009 | 2000-2009]]||[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2000-2009#2000 | 2000]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2000-2009#2001 | 2001]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2000-2009#2002 | 2002]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2000-2009#2003 | 2003]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2000-2009#2004 | 2004]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2000-2009#2005 | 2005]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2000-2009#2006 | 2006]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2000-2009#2007 | 2007]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2000-2009#2008 | 2008]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2000-2009#2009 | 2009]]|-|[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2010-2019 | 2010-2019]]||[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2010-2019#2010 | 2010]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2010-2019#2011 | 2011]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2010-2019#2012 | 2012]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2010-2019#2013 | 2013]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2010-2019#2014 | 2014]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2010-2019#2015 | 2015]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2010-2019#2016 | 2016]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2010-2019#2017 | 2017]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2010-2019#2018 | 2018]] * [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2010-2019#2019 | 2019]] |-|[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2020-2029 | 2020-2029]]||[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2020-2029#2020 | 2020]] * |}

*'''[[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC]]''', usually abbreviated to “'''SVR(H)'''”, is the public company that owns the railway’s infrastructure. The SVR has around 15,000 shareholders , who own shares a stake in this company. *'''[[Severn Valley Railway Company Limited]]''', commonly referred to as “'''the Guarantee Company'''”, is the SVR’s membership arm and provides the staff (mainly volunteers) who help to operate the railway. The Guarantee Company owns approximately 2517.75% of SVR(H). <ref>SVR(G) 2017 report and accounts, p.5</ref> The SVR has around 1312,000 500 members, who are automatically members of this company (all of the around 1,700 volunteers must be members).*'''[[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd]]''', “'''the Charitable Trust'''”, raises funds to support the SVR. The ongoing objective is objectives are to raise funds for the long-term preservation of rolling stock belonging to the trustand station buildings, while track and other recent initiatives have included funding associated infrastructure. It also includes the education for the SVR’s Heritage Skills Training Academy, benefit of the public and arranging Heritage Lottery support for the restoration provision of [[GWR 4930 Hagley Hall | 4930 Hagley Hall]] education and for the SVR Future Fund Endowmentskills training.<ref>SVR Charitable Trust website</ref>

:Bridgnorth Locomotive Works(Engineering Services)

:Station personnelStations and Booking Offices:Booking office personnelRostering Signalling  IT and Telecomunications

Carriage Carriages and Wagon Wagons  Catering, Bars and Buffet Cars [[Marketing Department|Marketing]] ==Chairmen==A list of Chairmen, and those holding the title of President/Patron of SVR(H), is as follows: '''Severn Valley Railway Society'''*[[Tony Tuite]] 1965*[[John Garth]] 1965-1966, 1967-1969 '''The Guarantee Company'''*[[Andrew Marsden-Smedley]] 1969-1971*[[Sir Gerald Nabarro]] 1971-1973*[[Richard Dunn]] 1973-1975*[[Hugh Mossop]] 1975-1976 (acting Chairman)*John Garth 1976-1979*[[David Williams]] 1979-2020*[[Diane Malyon]] 2020- '''SVR(H)'''*[[Sir Gerald Nabarro]] 1972-1973*[[The Earl of Lindsay|Viscount Garnock]] 1973-1975*[[Hugh Mossop]] 1975-1976*[[Bill Broadbent]] 1976-1987*John Garth 1987-1989*[[David Owen]] 1989-1993*[[Mick York]] 1993-1999, 2002-2011*[[Paul Fathers]] 1999-2002*[[Nick Paul]] C.B.E. 2011-  :'''President''':*[[Viscount Cobham]] 1972-1976*[[The Earl of Lindsay|David, Earl of Lindsay]] 1976-1989:The position of President has not been occupied since, although a number of retired Chairmen and other long-serving officials have been given the honorary position of Vice-President. At the end of 2018 there were 9 current Vice-Presidents.<ref>SVR News 204</ref> :'''Patron'''*HRH The Duke of Gloucester, KG, GCVO, GCStJ 1997-

Signalling '''Severn Valley Railway Association'''See [[Severn Valley Railway Association#SVRA_Chairmen|SVRA Chairmen]] '''SVR Charitable Trust''':The SVR Rolling Stock Trust Company Limited::*[[Chris Thomas]]: 2002:*[[Alan Osborne]]: 2003-2005:*Chris Thomas: 2006-2007:*[[Hugh McQuade]]: 2008-2012:Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Limited:*[[Hugh McQuade]] 2012-2019:*[[John Leftwich]] 2019-2020:*[[Peter Copsey]] 2020- (Acting interim Chairman) ==General Managers==The General Manager is the leading manager of both SVR(H) and Telecomunicationsthe Guarantee Company. The position is not currently a Director of either company. SVR General Managers were as follows: *[[Bill Gillett]] (1969-1972)*[[Hugh Mossop]] (1972-1976)*[[Michael Draper]] (1976-1993)*[[Alun Rees]] (1993-2006)*[[Colin Binch]] (2006)<ref>[https://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/931179.railway-chief-leaves-position/ 'Railway chief leaves position', Kidderminster Shuttle, 21 September 2006] (Retrieved 4 April 2019)</ref>*[[Nick Ralls]] (2007-2019).<ref>[https://www.shropshirelive.com/news/2019/06/25/svr-general-manager-leaves-for-ironbridge/ Shropshire Live 25 June 2019] (Retrieved 28 June 2019)</ref>*[[Helen Smith]] (2019- ) ==See also==*[[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership]]*[[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line]]

*[http://www.svr.co.uk/History.aspx SVR Organisation] (under ‘Consolidation…’)<br>*[http://svrtrust.org.uk/ SVR Charitable Trust website]<br>*[http://www.svr-association.org.uk/index.html SVRA website]==See also==[[Category: The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownershipin preservation]]