==1860s==
[[File:Timetable 1862 Shrewsbury to Worcester.jpg|thumb|200px|right|1862 Timetable]]
:''Main article: [[Timetable: Shrewsbury to Worcester 1862]]''
[[File:Timetable 1862 Shrewsbury to Worcester.jpg|thubm|200px|right|1862 Timetable]]
At opening on 1 February 1862, the Severn Valley Railway was operated under lease by the [[West Midland Railway]] (WMR). Their first timetable provided for three trains per day between Shrewsbury and Worcester on weekdays, together with a departure from Bridgnorth to Shrewsbury in the morning, returning in the late afternoon (no source has been found to confirm whether the stock was stabled at Bridgnorth overnight or whether an ECS move was involved). Journey times between Hartlebury and Shrewsbury averaged 2h 07min for the 40 miles, or less than 19 mph. The first departure of the day from Worcester and Shrewsbury was deemed to be a 'Parliamentary' train (see below).
==1940s==
TBC:''Main article: [[Timetable: Severn Valley Branch 1942]]''Wartime saw the number of through services on the Severn Valley Branch back to four per day, with no Sunday services. Of the four departures to Shrewsbury in 1942, three originated from Worcester and one from Kidderminster. Southwards, two departed Shrewsbury for Kidderminster, one for Hartlebury and one for Worcester. In between, three local services ran between Kidderminster and Bridgnorth. A Saturday only service ran from Kidderminster to Highley.<ref>1942 timetable</ref> :''Main article: [[Timetables: Severn Valley Branch; Bewdley, Tenbury and Woofferton 1945]]''On the Severn Valley Branch, the pattern of through services on the 1945 wartime timetable was similar to 1942. Some changes were made to the Kidderminster-Bridgnorth local services, with the first being cancelled and the last running as far as Ironbridge. A number of local services also ran around the Hartlebury / Bewdley / Kidderminster triangle. The Saturday only service ran to Hampton Loade rather than Highley. On the Tenbury Branch, four weekday services ran daily between Kidderminster and Woofferton. :''Main articles: [[Timetable: Severn Valley Line 1948]] and [[Timetable: Kidderminster to Woofferton 1948]]''On 1 January 1948 the Severn Valley Branch and other local lines became part of the BR Western Region "BR(W)" following nationalisation. The 1948 weekday timetable included four through services in each direction. Northbound the first originated at Worcester, the second at Kidderminster and the others at Hartlebury. Southbound the first service was to Birmingham via Kidderminster, the second to Hartlebury and the others to Kidderminster. On Sundays a limited timetable had been reintroduced as far as Bridgnorth. On the Tenbury Branch, five services ran each way between Woofferton to Kidderminster. The working timetable shows that three of these were planned to be diesel railcar workings. A sixth service ran in the late evening on Saturdays.
==1950s==
TBC:''Main articles: [[Timetable: Shrewsbury to Worcester 1953]], [[Timetable: Kidderminster to Hartlebury via Bewdley 1953]] and [[Timetable: Woofferton to Kidderminster 1953]]''In 1953 five weekday through services ran from Shrewsbury, with all but one going to Kidderminster. Northbound, three services ran from Hartlebury and two from Kidderminster. A Saturday evening return service ran from Kidderminster to Buildwas and back. A Sunday morning service from Birmingham to Bridgnorth, returning in the early evening, was timetabled to run until the end of November, resuming in April of the following year. A [[Timetable: Kidderminster to Hartlebury via Bewdley 1953|separate timetable]] was published for the local trains at the south end of the line. On the Tenbury Branch, the timetable showed six weekday services from Woofferton to Kidderminster, but only five in the return direction. Apart from one journey in each direction, all were marked "Third class only, limited accommodation". Third class was abolished by BR on 3 June 1956. :''Main article: [[Timetable: Severn Valley and Tenbury Lines 1959]]''By 1959 through services on the Severn Valley Branch had been curtailed. Northbound only three direct ran, the 7:00am from Hartlebury and the 2:00pm and 4:23pm from Kidderminster. The 6.08pm from Hartlebury required a change and wait at Bridgnorth to reach Shrewsbury at 8.31pm after 2 hours 23 minutes. Southbound services ran at 6:40am to Worcester and 1:45pm and 4:20pm to Kidderminster. The last departure at 5:33pm involved a lengthy wait for a connecting service at Bridgnorth before reaching Kidderminster at 8:40pm, a journey time of more than three hours! These inconvenient times and infrequent services undoubtedly helped to accelerate the decline in passenger numbers which led to the closure of the Branch. Through services on the Tenbury Branch had suffered similar reductions. Only four weekday services left Kidderminster for the Branch, of which the first and third went only as far as Tenbury. Eastbound the two morning services to Kidderminster began at Tenbury with two afternoon services from Woofferton. Unusually, a late afternoon service also ran from Tenbury via Bewdley to Hartlebury. The working timetable suggests that by this time all these trains were diesel powered.
==1960s==
