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An article announcing the proposed formation of a company to build the railway appeared in the Sun (London) on Saturday 24 July 1847. However on 31 July 1848 the same paper reported "'''SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY - We find that this project, although delayed, is not abandoned, the promoters having now put themselves in a position to proceed with it as soon as the proper time shall arrive.''"<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk Sun (London) Monday 31 July 1848, on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref>
Ultimately only the Shrewsbury - Wellington - Stafford section of the SURCC's proposed railways passed through the House of Lords successfully.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Vanns (1998)]] p. 9.</ref> The SURCC had many other projects in hand at that time, and in the event did not proceed with the Severn Valley proposal. However the plans were not allowed to die and in 1949 [[Robert Nicholson]], a close associate of Stephenson, was employed to carry out another survey. This formed the basis of the Severn Valley Railway as eventually built.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] p. 19-20.</ref>
In October 1852 an article in the Worcestershire Chronicle and Provincial Railway Gazette expressed hope that the 'new' Severn Valley Railway "...''stands on a more secure foundation than the last of that name, projected in 1847, the bills for advertising which are we believe unpaid to this day and likely to remain so''"<ref name=JM/>.
==See also==
*[[Unsuccessful proposals for railways in the Severn Valley]]
*[[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership]]
