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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’
*'''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
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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:
==Chairmen==
'''Severn Valley Railway Society'''
*[[Hugh Mossop]] 1975-1976 (acting Chairman)
*John Garth 1976-1979
*[[David Williams]] 1979-2020*[[Diane Malyon]] 2020-
'''SVR(H)'''
*[[Nick Paul]] C.B.E. 2011-
:Presidents'''President''':*[[Viscount Cobham]] 1972-1976*[[The Earl of Lindsay|Viscount GarnockDavid, 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'''
:*[[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==
*[[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==
*[http://svrtrust.org.uk/ SVR Charitable Trust website]
*[http://www.svr-association.org.uk/index.html SVRA website]
[[Category: The Severn Valley Railway in preservation]]
