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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].
==Proposals prior to the construction of the SVR==
Between 1835 and 1853, the following railways proposed, with varying degrees of credibility, to build a line crossing, following or terminating in the Severn Valley somewhere between Stourport and Ironbridge.
*Birmingham, Kidderminster, Worcester and Gloucester Railway
*Grand Connection Railway
*Birmingham, Dudley and Wolverhampton Railway
*Worcester and Cardiff Junction Railway
*Hereford, Leominster, Ludlow and Birmingham Railway
*Hereford and Kidderminster Railway
*Worcester, Shrewsbury and Crewe Union Railway
*Welsh Midland Railway
*Kidderminster and Welsh Midland Junction Railway
*Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway
*Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company
*Shropshire Mineral Railway
*Oxford and Worcester Extension and Chester Junction Railway
*Cambrian and Grand Junction Railway
*Direct London and Holyhead Railway
*Dudley, Madeley, Broseley and Ironbridge Railway
*Shropshire Union Railway (Worcester to Crewe)
*Wellington and Severn Junction Railway
==Proposals after the opening of the SVR in 1862==
After 1862, the following railways were proposed to form a junction with the SVR
*Stourbridge Railway, Valley of the Stour Extension
==Proposals prior to the construction of the SVR==
Between 1835 and 1853, the following railways proposed, with varying degrees of credibility, to build a line crossing, following or terminating in the Severn Valley somewhere between Stourport and Ironbridge.
*Birmingham, Kidderminster, Worcester and Gloucester Railway
*Grand Connection Railway
*Birmingham, Dudley and Wolverhampton Railway
*Worcester and Cardiff Junction Railway
*Hereford, Leominster, Ludlow and Birmingham Railway
*Hereford and Kidderminster Railway
*Worcester, Shrewsbury and Crewe Union Railway
*Welsh Midland Railway
*Kidderminster and Welsh Midland Junction Railway
*Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway
*Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company
*Shropshire Mineral Railway
*Oxford and Worcester Extension and Chester Junction Railway
*Cambrian and Grand Junction Railway
*Direct London and Holyhead Railway
*Dudley, Madeley, Broseley and Ironbridge Railway
*Shropshire Union Railway (Worcester to Crewe)
*Wellington and Severn Junction Railway
==Proposals after the opening of the SVR in 1862==
After 1862, the following railways were proposed to form a junction with the SVR
*Stourbridge Railway, Valley of the Stour Extension
