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*'''1965''': Formation of the [[Severn Valley Railway Society]].
*'''1967''': Arrival of the first locomotives and carriages at Bridgnorth. Formation of the [[Severn Valley Railway Company Limited | Guarantee Company]]
*'''[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1965-1969#1968|1968]]''': Public Inquiry into the granting of the Light Railway Order.
*'''1972''': Floatation of [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]]
*'''1973''': The ‘[[Sir Gerald Nabarro | Nabarro]] crisis’
*'''1982''': Last use of [[Eardington]] as a request stop
*'''1983''': Completion of [[Bridgnorth Bypass Bridge]], Bridgnorth embankment collapse
*'''1985''': [[Tales from the Severn Valley#April_Fool.21|City of Truro ‘April Fool’]]
*'''1986''': [[Bewdley Bypass Bridge]] completed
*'''1987''': [[Kidderminster Station signal box (1987 onwards) | Kidderminster Signal Box]] commissioned
*'''1990''': [[Bridgnorth Loco Works#Boiler_shop|Bridgnorth Boiler Shop ]] opened*'''1991''': , [[Kidderminster Railway Museum]] opened
*'''1993''': First overnight running at an Autumn Steam Gala
*'''1996''': [[Country Park Halt]] opened
*'''2000''': Locomotive fleet decimated ravaged by the ‘boiler crisis’
*'''2003''': [[Kidderminster Carriage Shed]] built
*'''2006''': [[Kidderminster]] station building East wing and canopy completed
*'''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 [[2007 Storm Damage|flood storm damage]]
*'''2008''': Opening of [[The Engine House]]
*'''2010''': 40th Anniversary of operations on the SVR
*'''2015''': 50th Anniversary of the SVR in preservation
*'''2016''': [[Diesel Depot]] built
*'''20162018''': [[Bridgnorth#Bridgnorth Development Project|Bridgnorth Development Project]] phase 1 beganopened
Follow the links below to see a history of the SVR in preservation by year.
|[[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]]
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The [[Severn Valley Railway Association]], “SVRA” was a separate group run by working volunteers with the objective of providing support to the SVR membership, and particularly the working volunteers. The SVRA was merged into the Guarantee Company in October 2015.<ref>SVRA website</ref>
The Severn Valley Railway's [[Head Office]] is at 1 Comberton Place, Kidderminster, DY10 1QR.
Internally the SVR is organised into a number of departments, principally as follows:
[[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- '''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 ManagerManagers==
The General Manager is the leading manager of both SVR(H) and the Guarantee Company. The position is not currently a Director of either company. SVR General Managers were as follows:
*W [[Bill Gillett ]] (1969-1972)<ref>SVR News 15</ref>*[[Hugh Mossop ]] (19731972-1976)<ref> SVR News 27</ref>*[[Michael Draper ]] (1976-1993)<ref>SVR News 38</ref>*[[Alun Rees ]] (1993-2006)<ref>SVR News 153</ref>*[[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==
*[http://svrtrust.org.uk/ SVR Charitable Trust website]
*[http://www.svr-association.org.uk/index.html SVRA website]
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