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In 1930 a [[Country Lorry Service and Cartage Service|Country Lorry Service]] was introduced.<ref>GWR Magazine August 1930</ref> It had much agricultural traffic, it was quoted as receiving up to 10,000 hop pockets from South Wales and the Black Country.<ref name=GWR39>GWR magazine, September 1939</ref>
 
In 1960, the loop capacity, for the purpose of crossing trains, was 25 wagons, plus engine and brake van.<ref name="WTT1960">Sectional Appendix to the Working Time Tables and Books of Rules and Regulations, Birmingham Traffic District, October 1960</ref>
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The layout of the station was also unusual in that the main station building was situated at rail level. From there, passengers had to use a barrow crossing to reach the platform via the loop and running line. Despite these arrangements, Newnham Bridge could be a busy station, particularly when fruit was in season, and was quoted as one of the centres of fruit growing in Worcestershire, particularly cherries, damsons and apples.<ref name=GWR39/> [[SVR staff in 1922#Wyre Forest Line (Bewdley to Woofferton)|GWR staff records for 1922]] show the station had a staff of 4.
 
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File:Newnham Station down platform and shelter (geograph 4329083).jpg | Newnham Bridge railway station 30 January 2015, John Winder (Wikimedia Commons)
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===Neen Sollars===
Cleobury Mortimer was a crossing station with two platforms, a goods yard and goods shed and a cattle pen. The OS Map of 1888-1913 shows the layout before the building of the [[Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway]] which opened in 1908 and can be seen branching away to the north-west on the later 1937-1961 series map. At that time a 65 lever frame replaced the original 27 lever frame in the signal box. In 1911 'Re-classification of service conditions have seen improvements at Cleobury Mortimer signal box.'<ref>GWR Magazine December 1913</ref> South-west of the goods yard was a private siding which served nearby Bayton Colliery between 1913 and 1923. In 1913 steelwork was ordered for a new bridge from EC and J Keay of Corporation Street, Birmingham.<ref>GWR Magazine April 1913</ref>
In 1960, the loop capacity, for the purpose of crossing trains, was 43 wagons, plus engine and brake van.<ref name="WTT1960" />
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File: Cleobury_1888_OS.JPG | Cleobury Mortimer, OS Map 1888-1913 series
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