Shrewsbury and Wellington Joint Railway

Abbey Foregate also acted as a junction, with chords to Shrewsbury station and to the direct line to Wales.

[2] The line opened on 1 June 1849, simultaneously with the SUR line from Stafford and the first section of the S&BR, which was between Wellington and Oakengates (the latter was extended to Wolverhampton on 12 November that year).

[3] The three companies met at Stafford Junction, Wellington.

[4] Upon completion of the SUR line, that company was leased to the London and North Western Railway (LNWR), and so passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) on 1 January 1923;[5] in the meantime, the S&BR was absorbed by the Great Western Railway (GWR) on 1 September 1854,[6][7] and so from 1 January 1923 the S&WJR was joint GWR/LMS property.

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