Unsuccessful proposals for railways in the Severn Valley

Skeleton article incorporating information from the SVR-Online Forum "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 Railways 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

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