Hampton Loade station opened as part of the Severn Valley Line on 1 February 1862, appearing as 'Hampton' in the public timetable.

Most of the local passenger traffic came from the eastern side of the river using the current operated foot reaction ferry to get to the station.

When preservationists first arrived at Hampton Loade from Bridgnorth, signalling was reinstated as a priority during the early days, mainly using equipment from the closed Stourport-on-Severn station.

A legacy of Hampton Loade's former guise as the SVR's southern terminus is the now rarely used down starting signal No.

The platforms at Hampton Loade can only accommodate around four coaches at a time, this or less being the norm in GWR and BR days.

[4] The oldest carriage on the line, the ex-GWR Churchward third coach 2426 of 1910, was used for staff accommodation at Hampton Loade for 28 years before being moved to Kidderminster in September 2016 for overhaul.

The weekends are a light-hearted look back at the 1940s and also underline the important part Britain's railways played in the Second World War.

For this event the station has a 'Dig for Victory' allotment, Bren gun, an ARP warden's post, unexploded bombs, R.T.O.

Since being reopened in SVR preservation the station has also become home to several relocated corrugated huts of typical GWR design.

An 1895 6-wheel, 5 compartment first and second class composite built at Ashburys in Manchester, it was renumbered 6058 by the Great Western Railway in 1922 before being scrapped at Swindon on 24 November 1928.