Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway

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Shrewsbury and
Welshpool Railway

Legend

Welsh Marches Line

Shrewsbury to Chester Line

Shrewsbury

Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury Line

Shrewsbury Abbey

Coleham

Severn Valley Railway

Welsh Marches Line

Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Rly

Hanwood

Minsterley branch line

border

Oswestry and Newtown Railway

Buttington

Welshpool

Welshpool & Llanfair Light Rly

River Severn

Cambrian Line

The Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway (S&WR), formally named the Shrewsbury and Welchpool Railway, is a standard gauge railway which connects the towns of Shrewsbury and Welshpool. It opened in 1861 and the majority of the railway continues in use.

History

Incorporation

United Kingdom legislation

Shrewsbury and Welchpool Railway Act 1856
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for making a Railway from the Oswestry and Newtown Railway in the Parish of Buttington in the County of Montgomery to Shrewsbury, with a Branch thereout to Minsterley in the County of Salop, and for other Purposes.
Citation	19 & 20 Vict. c. cxxxii
Dates
Royal assent	29 July 1856
Text of statute as originally enacted

United Kingdom legislation

Shrewsbury and Welchpool Railway Act 1858
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for extending the Powers of the Shrewsbury and Welchpool Railway Company for purchasing Lands and completing their Railway; and for other Purposes.
Citation	21 & 22 Vict. c. cx
Dates
Royal assent	23 July 1858

United Kingdom legislation

Shrewsbury and Welchpool Railway Act 1860
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Citation	23 & 24 Vict. c. xxv
Dates
Royal assent	15 May 1860
Text of statute as originally enacted

United Kingdom legislation

Shrewsbury and Welchpool Railway Act 1861
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to authorize the Shrewsbury and Welchpool Railway Company to widen their Minsterley Branch; and for other Purposes.
Citation	24 & 25 Vict. c. xiii
Dates
Royal assent	17 May 1861

United Kingdom legislation

Shrewsbury and Welchpool Railway (Capital) Act 1863
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to authorize the Shrewsbury and Welchpool Railway Company to raise a further Sum of Money; and for other Purposes.
Citation	26 & 27 Vict. c. xcvii
Dates
Royal assent	29 June 1863
Text of statute as originally enacted

United Kingdom legislation

Shrewsbury and Welchpool Railway (Transfer) Act 1864
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Citation	27 & 28 Vict. c. cxcvi
Dates
Royal assent	14 July 1864
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway was incorporated by an act of Parliament, the Shrewsbury and Welchpool Railway Act 1856 (19 & 20 Vict. c. cxxxii). Although initially an independent company, the line was to be operated and maintained by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR).

Opening

Construction began in 1859, and by 1861 the line from Shrewsbury to Minsterley was completed, and opened on 14 February 1861. Construction of the main line to Welshpool was completed later in 1861 and officially opened on 27 January 1862.

Minsterley branch

Main article: Minsterley branch line

The Minsterley branch served the agricultural communities of the area, but its main purpose was to carry lead from the mines along the Stiperstones hills. These mines were connected to the S&WR at Pontesbury by the 2 ft 4 in (711 mm) narrow gauge Snailbeach District Railways which opened in 1873 and closed in 1959. The Minsterley branch closed for passenger service in 1951 and for freight traffic in the mid 1960s.

Main line

The main line of the S&WR continued in use as the main route from Shrewsbury to Welshpool and, via the ex-Cambrian Railways main line, to mid-Wales and Machynlleth. The railway was jointly operated by the LNWR (LM&SR after 1923) and the Great Western Railway until nationalisation, when it became part of British Railways. All of the intermediate stations were subsequently closed in September 1960.

References

Baughan, Peter E. (1980). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Volume 11 North and Mid Wales (1st ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-7850-3. OCLC 6823219.
Baughan, Peter E. (1991). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Volume 11 North and Mid Wales (2nd ed.). Nairn: David St John Thomas. ISBN 0-9465-3759-3. OCLC 26361284.

External links

Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway @ railbrit.co.uk

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