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The line then reached Sutton Bridge Junction, which saw the junction of three railways. First, the Severn Valley Line branched off to the southeast. For a distance of 18 chains it was double track, due to a Board of Trade requirement of the time that junctions of single lines, either with double lines or with other single lines, were made double junctions. It became single track shortly after passing the 475 foot long 3-road carriage shed<ref>John Marshall (1989), The Severn Valley Railway.</ref>.
A few yards further on, the Shropshire and Welshpool Railway branched off to the west, enabling trains to reach the Cambrian Railways system at Welshpool. The Shrewsbury & Hereford Railway then continued southwards towards [[Wyre Forest Line#Woofferton | Woofferton]], where it met the [[Tenbury Branch]] from Bewdley.
==Signalling==
