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On the Tenbury Branch, by 1887 the timetable had reverted to four through trains in each direction on weekdays between Kidderminster and Woofferton, still with no Sunday service. The 24¼ mile journey took around 1h 10min with a single fare costing 4s for single class and 8s 6d, expensive for that time. A fifth service from Kidderminster to Woofferton was re-introduced in December 1896, initially on Tuesdays but soon becoming a daily service.<ref name=Marshall142>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] pp. 142-143.</ref>
==1900s==
:''Main article: [[Timetable: Shrewsbury to Worcester 1900]]''
By 1900 the frequency of weekday services on the Severn Valley Branch had increased with five through services departing from Hartlebury for Shrewsbury. Five southbound services also left Shrewsbury with the first at 7:45am (during the 19th century the first departure was regularly before 7am). The second departure from Shrewsbury, the 8:45am, called at Hampton Loade, Highley and Arley by request only and then continued from Bewdley to Kidderminster. There was also a local service from Bridgnorth to Worcester at 7:35am, returning to Bridgnorth at 11:56am, with another local service from Kidderminster to Bridgnorth departing at 8:33pm and arriving back at 10:18pm. The single Sunday service ran north in the morning and returned south in the late afternoon as before.
:''Main article: [[Timetables: Severn Valley Branch; Bewdley, Tenbury and Woofferton 1902]]''
1902 saw a similar timetable to 1900 on the Severn Valley Branch for through trains, with the variation in the second service from Shrewsbury, now at 8:35am, as before. The timetable also included a number of local trains<ref group="note">Probably using autocoaches.</ref> between Kidderminster and Bewdley, and between Bewdley and Hartlebury, working around the triangle formed by the three towns.
On the Tenbury Branch, five through services ran in each direction between Woofferton and Kidderminster on weekdays only, the second departure from Woofferton being a 'Mixed' train including goods.
In '''1904''' a sixth through service was introduced on the Severn Valley Branch on weekdays. By this time the majority of services only ran to and from Hartlebury, with just two southbound ending and one northbound beginning at Worcester. On 29 December 1904 a [[GWR Steam Railmotor]] was trialled between Kidderminster, Bewdley and Stourport, with a full service using two railmotors beginning on 2 January 1905. [[Foley Park Halt]] opened on the same day, and [[Rifle Range Halt]] opened in June of that year<ref name=Marshall142/>
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