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Unsuccessful proposals for railways in the Severn Valley

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Other proposals after the opening of the SVR in 1862: additional info
===Birmingham, Kidderminster and Stoke Railway===
Proposed around 1888-9, this would have provided a loop line to relieve the busy GWR main line and the Lickey Incline (the Stoke referred to is near Bromsgrove). A Bill went to Parliament in 1890 but failed under opposition from the GWR<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/tarkaman/9380075176 Ian Dinmore on Flickr]</ref>.
 
===Wolverhampton, Birmingham, and Hereford and South Wales Junction Railway.===
Proposed in 1891, the main railway would have run from Wolverhampton (Monmore Green) to Hereford, passing through Kinver, Kidderminster, Stourport and Areley Kings. The Birmingham branch would run from Kidderminster to Harborne via Halesowen.<ref>[https://postimg.cc/xcD9PBP1 Railway News, 23 May 1891, via the British Newspaper Archive]</ref>
===Birmingham, Kidderminster and Stourport Railway===
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