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The width of Knowlesands Tunnel has occasionally led to suggestions that it was built to double track width to accommodate a future [[Unsuccessful proposals for railways in the Severn Valley#Proposals for railways connecting Wolverhampton and Bridgnorth| railway between Bridgnorth and Wolverhampton]]. However the timeline of its construction does not provide any evidence to support this:
*After the final plans for the Severn Valley Railway were drawn up and approved, construction was authorised by Royal Assent in July 1858 and began later that year. Nothing has been published to suggest that the original [[The Severn Valley Railway Company (19th Century)| Severn Valley Railway Company]] had any plans for an extension to Wolverhampton at that time, or that it had been in discussions with other railway companies about such an extension.
*The first proposal for a railway between the two towns, the "Wolverhampton & Bridgenorth Railway" (sic), was not advertised until 1860. This would have joined the Severn Valley Railway around 2 miles north of Bridgnorth rather than approaching fronm from the south via Knowlesands Tunnel.
*Most of the other later unsuccessful plans involved joining the Branch south of Bridgnorth and making use of Knowlesands Tunnel, however these were drawn up after the tunnel was completed.
