Tenbury and Bewdley Railway
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The Tenbury and Bewdley Railway was a railway that ran from Tenbury in Shropshire to Bewdley in Worcestershire, England. The line is sometimes referred to as the Wyre Forest line or simply the Tenbury Line.
Route
From BewdleyBewdley railway station
Bewdley railway station serves the town of Bewdley in Worcestershire, England. It is the administrative headquarters of the Severn Valley Railway, and is the principal intermediate station on the line.-History:...
it ran north from the GWR
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
station on a single line track alongside the Severn Valley Railway
Severn Valley Railway
The Severn Valley Railway is a heritage railway in Shropshire and Worcestershire, England. The line runs along the Severn Valley from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster, following the course of the River Severn for much of its route...
for a distance of about a mile before diverging to the west to cross the river Severn at Dowles Bridge (52.3855°N 2.3249°W). The intermediate stations were Wyre Forest, Cleobury Mortimer (Shropshire), Neen Sollars, Newnham Bridge, Tenbury Wells (Shropshire) (originally Tenbury), Easton Court (serving Little Hereford
Little Hereford
- Location :The village is in the north of the county, near the border with Worcestershire, and Shropshire. The parish nestles between the Ledwyche Brook , and the River Teme, to the east and south, which forms the boundary with Worcestershire.The nearest town to the village is Tenbury Wells...
) and Woofferton. Between Woofferton and Newnham the railway was largely built along the line of the disused Leominster Canal
Leominster Canal
The Leominster Canal was an English canal which ran for just over 18 miles from Mamble to Leominster through 16 locks and a number of tunnels, some of which suffered engineering problems even before the canal opened...
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Closure
The line closed to passengers on 1 August 1962 and for freight on 6 January 1964 as part of the Beeching AxeBeeching Axe
The Beeching Axe or the Beeching Cuts are informal names for the British Government's attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running British Railways, the nationalised railway system in the United Kingdom. The name is that of the main author of The Reshaping of British Railways, Dr Richard...
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A number of the station buildings survive in private hands; many share similar architectural features to others in and around the Severn Valley area. For much of its working life it was operated by the Great Western Railway
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
and subsequently the Western Region of British Railways
Western Region of British Railways
The Western Region was a region of British Railways from 1948. The region ceased to be an operating unit in its own right in the 1980s and was wound up at the end of 1992...
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Stations
There were stations at:- BewdleyBewdleyBewdley is a town and civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England, along the Severn Valley a few miles to the west of Kidderminster...
- Wyre ForestWyre ForestWyre Forest is a large, semi-natural woodland and forest which straddles the borders of Worcestershire and Shropshire, England.The Wyre Forest district of Worcestershire takes its name from the forest, despite the fact that much of the woodland does not lie within the district's boundaries, but...
- Cleobury MortimerCleobury MortimerCleobury Mortimer is a small rural market town in Shropshire, England. The town's parish has a population of 1,962 according to the 2001 census. Although sometimes regarded as a village, it is in fact the second smallest town in Shropshire , having been granted a town charter in 1253.Several...
, junction for Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light RailwayCleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light RailwayThe Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway was a pre-grouping railway company that served part of south Shropshire.Everard Calthrop was appointed Consulting Engineer in 1900, responsible for surveying the route and preparing the construction plans, and the line opened in 1908... - Neen Sollars
- Newnham BridgeNewnham BridgeNewnham Bridge is a village in the parish of Knighton on Teme, near Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom.The village derives part of its name from the bridge over the River Rea.-Location:...
- Tenbury WellsTenbury WellsTenbury Wells is a market town and civil parish in the north-western extremity of the Malvern Hills District administrative area of Worcestershire, England. The 2001 census reported a population of 3,316.-Geography:...
(originally Tenbury) - Easton Court (for Little HerefordLittle Hereford- Location :The village is in the north of the county, near the border with Worcestershire, and Shropshire. The parish nestles between the Ledwyche Brook , and the River Teme, to the east and south, which forms the boundary with Worcestershire.The nearest town to the village is Tenbury Wells...
) - WooffertonWooffertonWoofferton is a village to the south of Ludlow, Shropshire, England. It is one of Shropshire's most southerly villages and lies on the border with Herefordshire. The public house there - the "Salwey Arms" - is the most southerly in the county...
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