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*'''Grand Connection Railway''': Advertised in December 1835, seeking capital of £800,000.<ref>Worcester Journal, 31 December 1835, via the British Newspaper Archive</ref> It was originally intended to run west of the Severn from Gloucester, crossing the river at Worcester. One branch would connect to Birmingham, the other continue via Stourport, Kidderminster, Stourbridge and Dudley to Wolverhampton.<ref>Worcester Journal, 25 February 1836, via the British Newspaper Archive</ref> Despite changes to the route, the Bill for the line was rejected in Parliament in 1837 and again in 1838.<ref>[https://www.worcesterpeopleandplaces.org.uk/news/356/146/The-Grand-Connection-Railway.html worcesterpeopleandplaces.org.uk]</ref>*'''Hereford and Kidderminster Railway''': Advertised in February 1845 seeking capital of £750,000. It proposed "''...connecting Hereford, Leominster, Kington, Ludlow, Tenbury, Cleobury, Bewdley, Stourport and adjacent country, etc, with the Mining and Manufacturing districts of Kidderminster, Stourbridge, Dudley, Birmingham and the Metropolis.''".<ref>Hereford Times, 22 February 1845, via the British Newspaper Archive</ref> By April 1845 it was to be amalgamated with the Welsh Midland Railway.<ref name=LES14041845>London Evening Standard, 14 April 1845, via the British Newspaper Archive</ref>