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In July 1862 another act of Parliament was passed giving the Great Western Railway (‘GWR’) the right to buy the Severn Valley Railway Company before the end of 1871. However in August 1863 the GWR took over the West Midlands Railway, thus assuming the latter’s running powers over the Severn Valley Railway. The Severn Valley Railway was fully amalgamated into the GWR on 1 July 1872, by exchange of Preference Shares in the former for Consolidated Stock in the latter. From that point on, the Severn Valley Railway would be one of many of the GWR’s branch lines.
In 1863 the Worcester Journal published [[Excursions by Railway |two articles describing the Severn Valley Railway from Hartlebury to Shrewsbury]] as part of a series entitled "Excursions by Railway".
==Great Western Railway: 1872-1947==
