The Coalyard Miniature Railway, opened in 1988, and relaid in 1990 as a gauge railway, operates in the grounds of the Severn Valley Railway’s Kidderminster Town Station.

History

The railway started as 100 m of dual gauge track comprising gauge rails laid within gauge rails, to permit operation of both a King Class Locomotive and a Hall class locomotive. The track was unusual in being constructed of continuously welded rails. In 1990 a new gauge aluminium track was laid and then gradually extended until it reached the far end of the Kidderminster Town Station car park. The original line was then removed, making space for a new footpath from the Severn Valley Railway car park to the station. The line originally used wooden sleepers but when these wore out they were replaced with plastic sleepers. The Railway is 357 m long and runs alongside the Severn Valley Railway platforms and past the water column, where one can see many of the Severn Valley's fleet of locomotives.