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[[File: Sutton_Bridge_Junction_OS.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Railways south of Shrewsbury (Ordnance Survey 1888-1913)]]
See also [[Sutton_Bridge_Junction_Signal_Box|Sutton Bridge Junction Signal Box]].
==Location==
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 Montgomeryshire Welshpool Railway branched off towards to the west, leading enabling trains to Llanymynech, Wales, with a branch to Criggionreach 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==
The 61 lever [[Sutton_Bridge_Junction_Signal_Box|signal box ]] which controlled the junction was built in 1913 and was is still in use in 2007<ref>Country Railway Routes - Kidderminster to Shrewsbury, Vic Mitchell & Kevin Smith (2007).</ref>. The Severn Valley Line passed behind the box, while the Shrewsbury & Hereford Railway passed in front of it. The Severn Valley Line formation can be seen in [http://www.raretrack.com/100313uk/100313uk18_suttonbridge.htm this photograph].
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