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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>
*'''Worcester and Cardiff Junction Railway''': Proposed in '''1843''', the main branch would begin at the Taff Vale Railway near Cardiff and pass through Leominster, [[Wyre Forest Line#Easton Court|Little Hereford]] and [[Wyre Forest Line#Tenbury Wells|Tenbury]]. A branch was to run from [[Wyre Forest Line#Newnham Bridge|Newnham]] to Stourport.<ref>The Railway Times for 1843, Vol 6, p. 1092.</ref> A meeting was held in September 1844 at which it was resolved to ask the Company "...''to bring a branch line from Tenbury to Cleobury Mortimer, Bewdley and Kidderminster''.".<ref>Worcester Herald, 21 September 1844, via the British Newspaper Archive</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> Three months earlier in November 1844, a newspaper article referred to a meeting at Ludlow to discuss a proposed "Hereford, Leominster, Ludlow and Birmingham Railway" which was probably this proposal.<ref>Worcester Herald, 9 November 1844, via the British Newspaper Archive</ref>
*'''Welsh Midland Railway''': Advertised in '''April 1845''' seeking capital of £3.5M. It proposed "''...to connect the manufacturing districts and the seaports of south Wales ... with Birmingham and the great manufacturing districts of Staffordshire.''".<ref>London Evening Standard, 14 April 1845, via the British Newspaper Archive</ref> A meeting took place at Worcester on 30 April 1845 at which it was noted that the proposed railway would be beneficial to the interests of the City. At that time the question of whether the railway would be built to 'broad gauge' had not been decided.<ref>Worcester Journal, 1 May 1854, via the British Newspaper Archive</ref> Notice of the intention to bring a Bill to Parliament was advertised in November 1845.<ref>[https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3334419/3334420/4/Cilgerran The Cambrian, 21 November 1845, via National Library of Wales]</ref> By 1846 the affairs of the company were being wound up.<ref>[http://www.gwentarchives.gov.uk/media/46833/d4131-newport-abergavenny-and-hereford-railway-company-records-relating-to-the-taff-vale-extension.html#toc Gwent Archives]</ref>
*'''Worcester, Shrewsbury and Crewe Union Railway''': Advertised in '''April 1845''' seeking capital of £1.5M. The proposed route was described as "''Forming a junction at Stourport with the London, Worcester and South Staffordshire Railway, the proposed railway will pass up the valley of the Severn, and through or in the immediate neighbourhood of Bewdley, Kidderminster, Bridgnorth, Much Wenlock, Madeley, Ironbridge, Coalbrookdale, to Shrewsbury, and thence… will terminate at Crewe''.".<ref>Morning Chronicle, 18 April 1845, via the British Newspaper Archive</ref>
*'''Wolverhampton & Bridgenorth''' (sic) '''Railway''': Advertised in '''1860''' (the first of a number of [[Wolverhampton#Proposed Railways between Wolverhampton and Bridgnorth|proposed railways between Wolverhampton and Bridgnorth]] to be advertised). A plan for the route was drawn up although it did not include the engineer’s name. It would have run from the Shrewsbury & Birmingham Railway 3 miles west of Wolverhampton via Wergs, Pattingham and Worfield to join the SVR (then still under construction) around 2 miles north of Bridgnorth. The proposal did not gain sufficient interest for a Bill to be presented to Parliament.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] p. 114.</ref>
*'''South Staffordshire & Central Wales Railway Dudley & Bridgenorth''' (sic): Advertised in 1861. A plan and section were deposited, prepared by engineer Richard Taylor. The line would have run from the South Staffordshire Railway at Dudley, passing south of Himley and Claverley to join the SVR (still under construction) a mile south of Bridgnorth.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] p. 115.</ref>
==Proposals after the opening of the SVR in 1862==
