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Proposed in 1865 with a route planned by engineer J. Fogerty. From a connection at Oxley Viaduct, the route would run via Trysull, Wombourn, <ref group="note">The GWR station was named Wombourn, the standard spelling of the time, in preference to the modern spelling Wombourne</ref> Halfpenny Green and crossing the Severn via a viaduct near Oldbury to join the SVR south of Bridgnorth. A 4-mile branch from Wombourn was to run south to join the GWR (former OWW) Kingswinford Branch; a short branch would also run to Swindon (Staffordshire). The Act for this railway received Royal Assent in June 1866, but money could not be raised and the powers lapsed. Another line, following a similar route but with an additional connection to the LNWR near Dunstall, Wolverhampton and without the southern branches, was planned by engineers W.J. Kingsbury and T. Dowell in 1871. A Bill was presented to Parliament in February 1872 but thrown out when the preamble was not proved.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] p. 116.</ref><ref name=Trysull/>