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An incomplete A list of office holders Chairmen, and those holding the title of President/Patron of SVR(H), is belowas follows:
:Presidents:'''Severn Valley Railway Association'''*See [[Viscount Cobham]] 1972*[[The Earl of LindsaySevern Valley Railway Association#SVRA_Chairmen|Viscount GarnockSVRA Chairmen]] 1976
Membership number (currently 10,336)
*'''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
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The present day Severn Valley Railway (SVR) is made up of three companies:<ref>SVR website</ref>
*'''[[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 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 volunteers who help to operate the railway. The Guarantee Company owns approximately 17.75% of SVR(H).<ref>SVR(G) 2017 report and accounts, p.5</ref> The SVR has around 1210,500 000 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 objectives are to raise funds for the long-term preservation of rolling stock belonging to the trust and station buildings, track and other associated infrastructure. It also includes the education for the benefit of the public and provision of education and skills training.<ref>SVR Charitable Trust website</ref>
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:
:Rostering
Carriages and Wagons
Catering, Bars and Buffet Cars
==Chairmen==
'''Severn Valley Railway Society'''
*AP [[Tony Tuite ]] 1965*[[John Garth]] 1965-1966, 1967-1969
'''The Guarantee Company'''
*Mr AB [[Andrew Marsden-Smedley ]] 1969-1971*[[Sir Gerald Nabarro]] to 1971-1973*[[Richard Dunn to ]] 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. 2011-2021*[[Mike Ball]] 2021-2023*[[Chris Walton]] 2023- :'''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 2021 there were 9 current Vice-Presidents.<ref>SVR News 215</ref> :'''Patron'''*HRH The Duke of Gloucester, KG, GCVO, GCStJ 1997-
'''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]] 2020-2021 (Acting interim Chairman):*[[Keith Norton]] 2021-2022:*[[Tim Hargest]] 2022-2023 (Acting Chairman):*[[Ron Treverton-Jones]] 2023- (Acting Chairman)
==General Managers==
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 have been 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]]* (2019-2023). Helen became Managing Director of SVR(H) in 2021.*[[Jonathan Dunster]]* (2023- ), Managing Director Those marked with an asterisk were also Directors of SVR(H).
==See also==
*[[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership]]
*[[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line]]
*[[SVR Passenger numbers]]
*[[SVR timetables]]
==References==
*[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]]
