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Oxford Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway

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[[File:OWW map.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Map showing the line still named "Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton" under GWR ownership in 1905]]
The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (OW&W, OWW, or OWWR) was an independent railway company that was formed to build a railway between its three named cities, authorised on 4 August 1845<ref>[http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/articles/railways/GWR.htm Rails In Wolverhampton - The Early Years - The Great Western Railway]</ref>. It began at Wolvercot Junction, near Oxford, from which it ran North-West through Honeybourne and Evesham to [[Worcester]]. It then proceeded towards [[Wolverhampton]] via Droitwich Spa, [[Hartlebury]], [[Kidderminster]], Stourbridge and Dudley. Due to its overall poor management, the company is sometimes referred to using its derisive nickname, "The Old Worse and Worse".

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