signal and its catch points. There are starter signals on the end of the down and up platforms, as well as an extra starter signal on the Brignorth end of the up platform which permits down trains starting at Hampton Loade to be despatched from the up platform. The home signals are located just before the loop entrance points that they protect, in the up direction a bracket carries two homes controlling entrance to the loop and main line, in the down direction a single home controls entry to the main line. In both directions working distant signals protect the homes. The Paddock Railway The station is also the home of the 32mm gauge (1:19 scale) model/garden Paddock Railway, which celebrated its 25th Anniversary in 2013. Barry Railway Coach No163 Hampton Loade remains the home of Barry Railway coach 163 undergoing restoration for over two decades. An 1895 6-wheel, 5 compartment first and second class composite built at Ashburys in Manchester, it was scrapped at Swindon on Saturday 24 November 1928, (at that time the Great Western Railway would write off its account assets on Saturdays). The body went to the Clent Hills near Birmingham becoming a holiday home, where it remained until 1992. Re-wheeled onto a 4-wheel ex-Southern Railway Van C underframe on 16 August 2003 some 75 years after being scrapped, it has been in the final stages of restoration back to its opulent Barry Railway condition for several years. Film and television The station has been used as the filming location for many films and TV programmes, including The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain, Mad Dogs and the 1970s TV series Carrie's War. References Further reading External links Visitor Guide to SVR Hampton Loade Panoramamic view of the station Severn Valley Railway Official Site Hampton Loade Ferry Site Aerial view of the Station Heritage railway stations in Shropshire Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1862 Severn Valley Railway Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1963 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1970 1862 establishments in England