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In January 1869, ownership of the Tenbury Railway was transferred jointly to the LNWR and GWR. It nominally remained an independent company until nationalisation in January 1948. The Tenbury & Bewdley Railway ceased to exist as a separate company when ownership was transferred to the GWR in February 1870. Both the GWR and the Tenbury Railway became part of British Railways Western Region after nationalisation.
In 1908 the [[Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway]] opened. This connected with the Tenbury & Bewdley Railway at [[Cleobury Mortimer]] and ran as a spur for 12½ miles to Ditton Priors.
The Wyre Forest Line closed in various stages. The old Tenbury Railway (Woofferton to Tenbury) was first to close in July 1961, after which only one passenger train ran from Kidderminster to Tenbury each day. Passenger services ceased a year later on 1 August 1962. The daily Stourbridge - Tenbury goods service ended in January 1964, with all traffic ceasing in April 1965. At that time, the line between Bewdley and Cleobury Mortimer was considered as a possible candidate for preservation in the [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1965-1969#1965 | early days]] of the Severn Valley Railway Society. However continued use of Bewdley Station by BR meant this was not possible. Much of the line was demolished shortly after closurethereafter, with Dowles Bridge being dismantled in March 1966.
==Sources==
The Tenbury & Bewdley Railway, Keith Beddoes and William H Smith (1995)<br>The Severn Valley Railway, John Marshall (1989))
==See also==
[[Tenbury Branch]]
