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The passenger train service indicated in the
Bradshaw's Guide varied little over the years. In 1895 there were four trains daily (not Sundays) between Bewdley and Woofferton, with an additional two on the Tenbury to Woofferton section. By 1910 this had changed to five and four respectively, remaining
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The former
Tenbury Railway line was to be completely closed, except that a basic residual train service from Kidderminster would continue to run to and from Tenbury Wells station, so that the station continued in basic use. One passenger train ran in each direction, chiefly in connection with school
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The
Tenbury Railway never achieved great commercial success, and the decline in dependence on railways for local transport in the 1950s resulted in a steep fall-off in use of the line. The line closed completely in 1961, except that Tenbury station was served by a school passenger service from the
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together. The following year the GWR and the West
Midland themselves amalgamated, so that the main line at Woofferton was joint between the GWR and the LNWR. The Tenbury Railway was transferred to joint line status, so that from 1 July 1862 it was leased to the two other companies jointly. Thomas
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At nationalisation in 1948, the
Tenbury line was allocated jointly to the London Midland Region of British Railways, as successor to the LMS, and the Western Region as successor to the GWR. Joint status in common ownership proved to be of doubtful value, and in September 1948 that situation was
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opened its standard gauge line throughout on 6 December 1852. It had a station at
Woofferton, and Tenbury Wells was a little over five miles distant. It became evident that communities directly served by a railway prospered, and those not so connected declined, and business interests in Tenbury
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The experiment was not thought to be successful, and passenger operation, and use of the
Tenbury Wells station, ceased on 1 August 1962. A very basic goods service continued to Tenbury, but this too was withdrawn on 6 January 1964, and all railway activity on the former Tenbury Railway ceased.
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William Norris was a local man and his energies were directed at this stage into getting a branch line to
Tenbury built. A Parliamentary Bill for a branch line from Woofferton to Tenbury went to the 1859 session. Notwithstanding some discussion about whether an extension to
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The rural nature of the area served by the line meant that as soon as reliable road transport for goods and passengers became available, use of the railway declined. The decline was steep and after nationalisation it was plain that the losses were unsustainable.
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was immediately desirable, the
Tenbury Railway Act obtained the Royal Assent on 21 July 1859. Authorised capital was £30,000, of which the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway might subscribe £5,000. The S&HR assisted by selling lands, including the defunct
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inspected the line on 27 July 1861 with a view to authorising passenger traffic. He approved the opening, but required a full double junction to be provided at
Woofferton: only the southbound line was connected; and the signals there were inadequate.
141:. The town of Tenbury is on the south side of the River Teme, which is spanned by an ornate road bridge. The county boundary is in the centre of the river, and whilst Tenbury Wells is in Worcestershire, the railway station was in
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During the construction period, further negotiations with the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway took place, resulting in the larger company agreeing to work the line for £500 per annum plus 40% of the balance of receipts.
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When the Tenbury line was under construction, there was already enthusiasm to extend the line to Bewdley. The Tenbury and Bewdley Railway obtained the Royal Assent on 3 July 1860; it was to run from Tenbury to the
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At the beginning of 1923 most of the railways of Great Britain were grouped, by Government order, into one or other of four new railways; the process is referred to as the "grouping", following the
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Bewdley direction for a year, then closing; a goods service from Bewdley to Tenbury closed in 1964, and the former railway had no further railway activity.
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Christiansen says "The GWR called it simply Tenbury in public timetables, but Tenbury Wells (which was also the LNWR designation) in working timetables."
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The Tenbury and Bewdley Railway opened fully on 13 August 1864. It used the Tenbury Railway station at Tenbury, where it formed an end-on junction.
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From 1 March 1932 the Shrewsbury office of the GWR had taken over the routine management of the S&HR line and the Tenbury branch.
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From 1 January 1869, the Tenbury Railway was acquired by the LNWR and GWR jointly, by Act of 1 December 1868.
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Brassey handed over the working of the line to the LNWR, who worked the line on behalf of the joint lessees.
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The township had been called Tenbury Wells since 1840, but the railway was slow to adopt that usage.
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The railway opened on 1 August 1861; there were five trains each way daily; the railway contractor
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pupils' journeys, was to operate for a year from 31 July 1961 on an experimental basis.
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From 1 July 1862 the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway was leased jointly, 50% by the
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A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: volume 13: Thames and Severn
90:, and much of the Tenbury Railway route used some of the alignment of the canal.
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Tenbury; opened 1 August 1861; renamed Tenbury Wells 1912; closed 31 July 1961.
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Woofferton; on S&HR main line; opened 6 December 1853; closed 31 July 1961;
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rationalised and the whole line came under the control of the Western Region.
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806:, published by the Great Western Railway, London, 1921, volume 1, page 869
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Railway Passenger Stations in England, Scotland and Wales: A Chronology
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worked the line, as he was working the S&HR main line at the time.
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Bradshaw's Rail Times for Great Britain and Ireland: December 1895
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Forgotten Railways: volume 11: Severn Valley and Welsh Borders
752:, David and Charles (Publishers) Limited, Newton Abbot, 1981,
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An Historical Geography of the Railways of the British Isles
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The railway network at Bewdley connected southwards towards
32:. It opened in 1861. An independent railway company, the
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Easton Court; opened 1 August 1861; closed 31 July 1961;
934:, David & Charles Reprints, Newton Abbot, 1969,
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Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain
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1009:The Railways of Great Britain: A Historical Atlas
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77:realised that their town was at a disadvantage.
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1022:Atlas of the Great Western Railway as at 1947
819:, David St Jiohn Thomas, Newton Abbot, 1988,
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110:The line did not take long to construct, and
106:A GWR diesel railcar at Tenbury Wells Station
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884:, reprint, Middleton Press, Midhurst, 2018,
20:was a standard gauge railway that connected
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903:, David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 1968,
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962:Beddoes and Smith, pages 140 and 141
950:Western Region of British Railways,
804:History of the Great Western Railway
248:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
129:The Tenbury station was actually at
989:Beddoes and Smith, page 195 and 196
901:Bradshaw's April 1910 Railway Guide
671:Keith Beddoes and William H Smith,
642:Grant says this was on 1 July 1871.
932:Bradshaw's July 1938 Railway Guide
718:Beddoes and Smith, pages 12 and 13
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734:, Cassell, London, 1959, page 305
952:Passenger Timetable, Summer 1960
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163:Tenbury Wells railway station
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205:Absorbed by the LNWR and GWR
998:Forgotten Railways, page 78
980:Beddoes and Smith, page 193
971:Beddoes and Smith, page 190
568:Tenbury and Bewdley Railway
234:similar from 1922 to 1960.
197:Opening of the Bewdley line
155:Tenbury and Bewdley Railway
149:Tenbury and Bewdley Railway
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411:Woofferton
143:Shropshire
139:River Teme
30:Woofferton
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683:, page 10
369:Hereford
188:and the
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261:Decline
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