Bridgnorth Cliff Railway

Engineered by George Croydon Marks, plans were accepted for funicular railway on the current route.

The Bridgnorth Castle Hill Railway Company Ltd was registered in 1891, and construction started on 2 November 1891.

[3] The railway was opened on 7 July 1892 by Mayor John Anderson,[4] with a public holiday being proclaimed to celebrate the occasion.

Newnes was already chairman of Lynton & Lynmouth Cliff Railway and went on to collaborate with Marks on other funicular projects.

In 1955 the original heavy wooden cars were replaced by the 'up-to-date' stronger and lighter (5.4 long tons or 5.5 tonnes) aluminium monocoque ones still in use today.

[8] In December 2022 the railway was closed amid safety concerns over a serious crack in the retaining wall, causing 14 of the 16 drivers and engineers employed to be made redundant.

The fourth edition was a facsimile of the first, but with the foreword page having been written by a current director of the company, being the granddaughter of Marks' third cousin.

[17] On 5 October 2018, Bridgnorth Cliff Railway featured as the answer to a question in the long-running BBC television quiz Mastermind.