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Add proposed railways between Wolverhampton and Bewdley
*The Wolverhampton and Bridgnorth Light Railway was proposed in 1897, running from near Priestfield to join the SVR south of Bridgnorth, with a separate station in Bridgnorth Low Town. However this scheme did not proceed; the GWR and LNWR worked together to defeat the project in 1899<Ref>Light Railways in England and Wales, Peter Boseley (1990), p65 [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2Q68AAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=isbn:0719017580&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjS0t3LmtTJAhUEPRQKHVgxA6sQuwUIIDAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books preview]</ref>.
==Proposed Railways between Wolverhampton and Bewdley==
In 1874 a Bill was brought before Parliament for construction of the [[Kidderminster Loop Line#1874 | West Staffordshire Railway]], which was to link Wolverhampton directly to the [[Tenbury Branch | Tenbury and Bewdley Railway]] at [[Dowles Bridge]] with a branch connection to Bewdley. This project had the backing of the LNWR, who were becoming frustrated by the lack of progress in constructing the [[Kidderminster Loop Line | Kidderminster Loop]] between Bewdley and Kidderminster. Although the 1874 Bill failed, it probably brought pressure to bear on the GWR to complete the Loop.
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