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[[File:Herapaths_Journal_1852.jpg |thumb|200px|right| Article from Herapath's Journal in 1852 announcing the formation of the Severn Valley Railway Company]]
===Unsuccessful proposals===
:''Main article: [[Unsuccessful proposals for railways in the Severn Valley]]''
Proposals for a railway connecting Worcester to the Ironbridge Gorge via Bewdley and Bridgnorth were made in 1845 by the grandly named '''Oxford and Worcester Extension & Chester Junction Railway'''. The line was planned as an extension to the proposed [[Oxford Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway]] ("OW&W") and would have been built to the GWR's broad gauge. The plans were rejected by Parliament and by November 1846 the company had been voluntarily wound up.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Vanns (1998)]] pp. 7,9.</ref>
