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 Bewdley it ran north from the GWR station on a single line track alongside the Severn Valley Railway for a distance of about a mile before diverging to the west to cross the river Severn at Dowles Bridge (52°23′08″N 2°19′30″W / 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) and Woofferton. Between Woofferton and Newnham the railway was largely built along the line of the disused Leominster Canal.
Closure
The section of line between Woofferton and Tenbury Wells line closed on 31 July 1961 and the section between Tenbury Wells and Bewdley closed for passengers on 1 August 1962[1] and for freight on 6 January 1964.
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 and subsequently the Western Region of British Railways.
Stations
There were stations at:
- Bewdley
- Wyre Forest
- Cleobury Mortimer, junction for Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway
- Neen Sollars
- Newnham Bridge
- Tenbury Wells (originally Tenbury)
- Easton Court (for Little Hereford)
- Woofferton.
References
- ↑ Daniels, Gerald David; Dench, Leslie Alan (May 1973) [1964]. Passengers No More (2nd ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 23. ISBN 0-7110-0438-2. OCLC 2554248. 1513 CEC 573.