The Wenlock Branch, Shropshire. ...

This is a first article about the Wenlock Branch and covers the length from Buildwas to Much Wenlock. ...

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/10/19/the-railways-of-east-shropshire-and-telford-the-much-wenlock-and-severn-junction-railway-buildwas-to-much-wenlock/

The length of the Wenlock Branch from Much Wenlock to Presthope is covered in the next linked article. ....

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/01/13/the-wenlock-branch-from-much-wenlock-to-presthope/

 

This article follows on from five other articles which covered the Wellington to Severn Junction Railway in the Telford area and this line from Buildwas to Presthope.

We begin this next article at Presthope Railway Station and travel towards Craven Arms, as far as the village of Longville in the Dale. …….

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/06/27/the-wenlock-branch-from-presthope-to-craven-arms/

 

The Wenlock Branch from Longville Station to Harton Road Station via Rushbury Station.

https://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/07/...-dale-to-marsh-farm-junction-and-craven-arms/

 

This article follows on from seven other articles which covered the Wellington to Severn Junction Railway and this line from Buildwas to Harton Road Station. It is the final article in this series. ...

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/09/17/the-wenlock-branch-from-harton-road-station-to-marsh-farm-junction-and-craven-arms/

 

Much Wenlock Civic Society

I completed the series about this line which ran from Wellington to Craven Arms via Much Wenlock just a couple of weeks ago. This was just in time to allow me to pull together a talk for Much Wenlock Civic Society on Tuesday 17th September 2024.

That talk can be found by following the link below:

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/09/04/much-wenlock-talk-17th-september-2024/

While asserting copyright, I have no objections to the file being downloaded and used. Hopefully you will feel something of the joy I found in drawing the photographs and the journey together.

 

A short-lived LNWR Interest in the Wenlock Railway and the Ultimate Takeover by the GWR

This is little more than a mildly interesting aside. Or perhaps an addendum to the short series about the Line between Wellington and Craven Arms. ….

The small companies that built the different lengths of the railway line between Wellington and Craven Arms struggled to manage their assets without support from the Great Western Railway. The GWR first began to operate the services on the line in the period after each section was opened, before gradually absorbing the companies that owned the different sections of the line.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2025/10/0...railway-and-the-ultimate-takeover-by-the-gwr/