Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,238 pages of information and 244,492 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway

From Graces Guide

The Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway opened on 12 November 1849.

1844 The company was formed originally as the Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton, Dudley and Birmingham Railway

1847 The line became the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway.

When the section from Shrewsbury to Wellington, which was shared with the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company, opened on 1 June 1849, the railway began to run trains to and from Oakengates.

The railway finally opened on 12 November 1849

1849 Opened the Stafford Road Works

1854 Amalgamated with the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway and then merged with the Great Western Railway on 1 September 1854.

The line is still used today as the Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury Line.

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