"Passengers are not allowed to cross the railway except by means of the bridge" said the sign. "Bugger that", said Ron, and crossed the track anyway (we didn't see that happen, but I'm fairly sure it did!) A very pleasant spot, Ron, and well worth the visit. That railway is terrific.

I Love Arley when its peaceful and Sunny like this, and the View of the Station from the Bridge is “💷The Money Shot💷” - Taw Valley, Slip-Sliding Away there and that Wisteria is a picture 🖼️ Good to be Out an about again Ron & May the Sun keep shining on us, One and All…👍🏻

A great video covering one of my favourite stations on the line, plus the icing on the cake, a cameo by Western Courier!

Morning Ron. A lovely Video. I don't think you could have a better day . The colours ,the light and the subject along with your skills made everything look wonderful. I could have stayed there all day ! Pete

Arley and its picturesque riverside setting wouldn't be complete without its railway station, which I think you capture beautifully. I wonder how many passenger's alight here, or any of the other stations, and take the opportunity to wander awhile and take in the sights and sounds - and silences - of a rural railway and its surroundings. As your video shows, they would be well-rewarded. All very enjoyable. Thank you.

Back in business, Ron! What a wonderful explore of the beautiful Arley station, just as it would have looked, back in the day. A thoroughly enjoyable adventure, and not a drop of rain! Let’s hope the weather is finally going to settle down and we have more sunshine and blue skies. Happy exploring. Ron.

brilliant

Thank you for the nostalgia. Arley station was used in the first episode of "The Box of Delights", with an enjoyable, recurring Christmassy tune.

Arley Station certainly deserved to win that First Class Award at 15:19.

Hello Ron - greetings from Poland. A wonderful video. Back on the railways again. A superb explore of Arley Station. I can imagine back in the day, how quiet this station must have been. A small countryside stop with only local trains stopping, quite a walk up hill and across the village from Arley. Lots of love and care has gone into renovating and maintaining this station - thanks indeed to all the volunteers.

An absolutely splendid study of a second favourite SVR station of mine, for me surpassed only by Hampton Loade. Your eye for architectural detail is remarkable, as is your admiration for long gone skills. Heritage railways do more than most to keep many of those skills alive, but many photographers fail to notice their efforts. Thankfully you are not one of the many. Made my day...

Ron, the times I have stayed in my seat and passed through Arley (and others) whilst on the Severn Valley so thanks for showing us what lies behind the scenes. What a delightful station. I really must alight the next time!

The most beautiful landscape, plus a railway. Who could ask for more?❤

Hi Ron. Another lovely Friday morning vlog. What a fantastic little rural station with a few passengers waiting. I hope the mine at Arley doesn't cause any problems for them. I knew there were mines around Highley but didn’t know about Arley. There is no trace now that there was anything like that going on apart from extra sidings at Highley and wonder how big they were. It’s inspired me to want to go down there tomorrow but on looking at the timetable it would be a diesel to Bridgnorth and back. Sniff. Not sure if I’ll make it that far and it depends on the weather, trains running to Kidderminster, number of changes, when I get up and how energetic I feel so its a lot of ifs. Anyway thank you again. Looking forward to the next episode.

Afternoon Ron, What a lovely station Arley is and a very nice walk up to it too. Just as well that lady got to the ducks first I'm sure there wouldnt have been enough cheese and pickle sandwiches to go round!! Now I know where my Uncle Hopps case got to on that trip to Fishguard ........ (8:25)😁😁 I was thinking that this station was similar to one on Simons's layout, I can see its already given him some new ideas. Taw Valley looked splendid with the Bulleid numbering system too. A great day out and you had the weather too. Suns too hot to go out walking in the afternoon, for a few days we have this strange situation of looking up the snow high up whilst sweltering at over 30° down here. Have a great weekend!!

What a wonderful day, Ron. How I envied you on that beautiful station in the sunshine. Lots of artifacts on the platforms. Those milk churns with the wider base had gone out of use by the time I began my working life on dairy farms, but they must have wasted a lot of space on the bed of the milk lorry. They would have been very heavy when full. I think they held 16 or 17 gallons, compared with more modern, straight sided ones, which held 10 gallons. It's easy to why they were changed, for their space saving qualities . A great day out . I really enjoyed it.

Used to go there regularly when I lived in the Birmingham area. Bridgnorth station is well worth a visit with its engine sheds. Also don’t know if it still in operation but Bridgnorth cliff railway from the high town to the low town is well worth looking at. Another great vid Ron. 👏👏👏

I can't thank you enough for videos like this Ron. So many ideas from real life to choose from. A passing loop, a bridge over right next to the station and the paths down to the platforms. Plus what is on the platforms. It's the sort of thing I need to replicate on my next layout. All the things I forgot to do because I didn't know how to do them. Cheers. Simon

What A wonderful walk with spectacular views in and around Arley, the river Severn and the Severn Valley Railway. Very familiar with this part of our Beautiful countryside. Arley Station was the centrepiece in the BBC series "Oh Doctor Beeching". Renamed Hatley, the series followed the escapades of the station staff under the threat of the Beeching cuts in 1963. Starring many members of the Hi-de-hi series cast, with additional support from Stephen Lewis (Blakey in On the Buses)and others. Starring Steam locomotive number 46521, an Ivatt class 2MT was named "BLOSSOM" during the series, one of the name plates as we saw is on display in the Arley waiting room. Did you sample the Tea room on the opposite side of the River, or the Arboretum a little further up the hill? Both well worth a visit. Thank you for a superb video, look forward to more around the Severn Valley Railway.

Lovely video Ron! And a lovely location! A bit anachronistic a BR rebuilt bulleid Pacific in SR wartime black! Whoops ! but a beautiful loco none the less!

Oh, Ron - one of my top 5 villages in the whole of the wider Westcountry area that I cover. I really love Arley, and this section of the River Severn - I remember filming here at Arley in early January when it was -5 deg C, from the top of that bridge! It is a beautiful station here and a real credit to the volunteers that look after it - the gardens are rather lovely too. Some great bird song too, as well as the sound of steam - perfect! Thank you for taking me back to the wonderful SVR, and the gorgeous Arley, Ron. Hope you have great week! Take care, Paul

Good evening Ron and thank you for today's film. Despite living in Worcester for 10 years, I only visited the Severn Valley Railway a couple of times and wish I had taken advantage of the opportunity to go more often when living so close. I do remember on one trip breaking the journey at Arley to wander down to the pub for lunch which, as I remember, was very good. I just wish I could fathom why, whenever you leave a pub, the return journey is always uphill? Thank you for the shots of the superb Taw Valley. Seeing one of our lovely Southern Region Bullied West Country Pacifics relegated to GWR metals is hard to swallow. Still, they obviously can't find anything decent from the GWR classes so they've had to turn to us to get the best 😆 Maybe we ought to lend them a Schools class as well and then they would see what real power is all about! Situated between Northwood Halt (long gone) and Highley, Arley station was built in 1862 with upgrade work continuing throughout the 19th century. A signal box was installed in 1883 and an additional platform erected to serve 6 coach trains. Passenger traffic ceased in 1963 with goods finally succumbing in 1969 after the line through it became disused. This was not the end of course as, following the acquisition of part of the line between Kidderminster and Bridgnorth by the Severn Valley heritage railway, the station was restored to the beautiful condition we see today. Interestingly, just to the south of Arley, the line crosses the River Severn via the Victoria Bridge. This was constructed by Henry Bridgeman (appropriate surname), the resident engineer to the railway, on 24th November 1859. At the time, with a span of 200 feet, it was the largest cast iron arch in the united kingdom. Well that's it for this week Ron, I'll sit back and wait for the flak to come in re Southern Railway vs GWR. Have a great week and best wishes to you, Pauline and all of the PW family - even those who are GWR stalwarts 😅. Regards Trev.

Thanks Ron another great video, it maybe an interesting fact to know that not only did Brunel design and build the GWR but even the cuttings, bridges and stations were designed by him. I am lucky to have a book with all of his designs. Brunel owned a house in Devon which is now the Orestone Manor Hotel a very nice hotel. He collaborated on the steam engines and the early attempts at engines were not always successful. He was an amazing Engineer but also a successful businessman any book on Brunel would be a welcome gift to a railway enthusiast. P.S. I noticed you did not walk much in this video perhaps next time you will make up for it?

Hi Ron, I'm just back from 4 days with the rowers at our final regatta for the season. I saved your video until I could have half a beer while watching it. It's 12:30 p.m. now and I took the day off work so that's okay, right? It's nice to see you out and about, and what a beautiful place to spend the day. Speaking of work on the gardens...any chance of a video including how to trim a hedge? I just attempted mine and it looks worse than when I started...much worse, actually. Enjoy the weather Ron, thanks for. the visit. James