The Old Mainline Railways

Contents Page

Introduction

How I got interested
Sources
Scope
Accuracy
Places

Company abbreviations

GWR = Great Western Railway
L&NWR = London and North Western Railway
SVR = Severn Valley Railway, part of the GWR
WMD = Wellington & Market Drayton Line
SUR = Shropshire Union Railway

The lines

SVR (Coalport to Buildwas Junction)
L&NWR (Coalport to Hadley):
Coalport to Aqueduct
Aqueduct to Hollinswood
Oakengates to Hadley
GWR (Buildwas Junction to Madeley Junction)
L&NWR and GWR Joint Railway (Madeley Junction through Wellington)
GWR (Lightmoor Junction to Ketley Junction):
Lightmoor Junction to Horsehay
Horsehay to Ketley Junction
L&NWR Shropshire Union Line (Wellington to Newport)
Wellington and Market Drayton Railway

Comparison of details on various maps

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