Potteries, Shrewsbury & North Wales Railway

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The Potteries, Shrewsbury & North Wales Railway was a project, backed by the North Staffordshire Railway, aimed to build a line from Market Drayton, Shropshire, England to Porthmadog, Wales. Only part, from Shrewsbury to Llanymynech, was completed in 1866 and this became the Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Railway.

Remarkably, part of the line, that from Blodwel to Nantmawr, survived for many years as something of a forgotten part of the national network. Having been acquired by the Oswestry-based Cambrian Railway Society during 2004, efforts are now under way to re-open the line as a heritage railway.