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→Proposals prior to the construction of the SVR: additional info and history
*'''Direct London and Holyhead Railway''': Advertised in '''October 1845''' seeking capital of £2M, it proposed a direct route between London and Holyhead. The southern end of the route was described thus: "''It will commence by a junction with the proposed Buckinghamshire Railway at Banbury, and will proceed by way of Kineton, Stratford and Bromsgrove to Kidderminster. From Kidderminster, passing near Bridgnorth, Madeley, Broseley and Wellington to Shrewsbury''.".<ref>Worcester Journal, 9 October 1845, via the British Newspaper Archive</ref>
*'''Dudley, Madeley, Broseley and Ironbridge Railway''': Advertised in '''October 1845''' seeking capital of £800,000. The prospectus began "''This company has been formed for the purpose of constructing a direct line of railway from Dudley to Madeley, Broseley and Iron Bridge, at or near which place it is proposed to form a junction with the proposed Shrewsbury, Worcester and Crewe Union Railway''...".<ref>Aris's Birmingham Gazette, 6 October 1845, via the British Newspaper Archive</ref> In November 1845 the Company determined to extend their line to Wolverhampton and Stourbridge by a direct line through Kingswinford, noting this would provide a connection to Stourport "''...in conjunction with the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway''".<ref>Worcester Journal, 13 November 1845, via the British Newspaper Archive</ref>
*'''Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway''': (often shortened to Stour Valley Railway and now known as the Stour Valley Line): The Company was authorised by an Act of Parliament in August 1846 and successfully built the line from Birmingham to Wolverhampton via Smethwick which opened in 1852 and is still in use today.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stour_Valley_Line Stour Valley Line on Wikipedia]</ref>The 'Stour Valley' by which the line is known referred to a branch (proposed but never built) from Smethwick following the River Stour via Stourbridge and Kidderminster to its junction with the Severn at Stourport.<ref>Worcestershire Chronicle, 20 August 1845, via the British Newspaper Archive</ref>
*Hereford, Leominster, Ludlow and Birmingham Railway
*[[Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company]]
*Shropshire Mineral Railway
