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Skeleton article incorporating information from the SVR-Online Forum "[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=4280&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=120 ''Early history of the SVR on the British Newspaper Archive''" thread].
==Background==
The [[Oxford Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway]] which would form the southern connection of the Severn Valley Railway was authorised in 1845 and opened throughout in 1853. The Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway which would form the northern connection was authorised in 1846 and also opened throughout in 1853.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrewsbury_and_Hereford_Railway Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway on Wikipedia]</ref> [[The Severn Valley Railway Company (19th Century)]] was authorised to build the SVR in 1853 and completed its construction in 1862.
==Proposals prior to the construction of the SVR==
Between 1835 and 1853, the following a number of railways proposed, with varying degrees of credibility, to build a line crossing, following or terminating in the Severn Valley somewhere between Stourport and Ironbridge.Many of these proposals originated in the 'Railway Mania' which peaked in the mid-1840s. Proposals included the following:
*Birmingham, Kidderminster, Worcester and Gloucester Railway
==Links==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_Mania Railway Mania on Wikipedia]
