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SVR Embankment Failure

30th January 2025

On behalf of the SVR, everyone will be concerned to hear about a serious embankment failure which occurred between Hampton Loade and Bridgnorth, leaving the line impassable.

The SVR reports:

"We are due to reopen the whole line on 15 February for half-term and the start of our 2025 season, but clearly services between Bridgnorth and Hampton Loade cannot run. We are still planning, however, to run trains from Kidderminster on the unaffected part of the railway line.

We want to reassure passengers who’ve pre-booked tickets that we’ll be in touch soon by email, and they don’t need to phone us. We’ll get this sorted out as quickly as we possibly can.

There is of course, a further impact on us as a heritage line, and that’s the cost we now face to bring our full line back into operation. Things were just beginning to stabilise for the SVR, following several years of financial struggles, and this is the last thing we needed.

Inevitably, we’re going to have to find the funds to pay for this essential repair, and would welcome all the help that we can get. If you would like to assist, we would be extremely grateful, and you can donate to the SVR Resilience Fund at https://svr.co.uk/resilience/ "

Obviously, it is too soon to know how this might affect the WLA's running season but rest assured, we will let everyone know if there's to be any changes to our planned events, once further information becomes available.

Donations to the SVR Resilience Fund can be made by at:

https://svr.co.uk/resilience/

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