page_title: Tenbury and Bewdley Railway
section_title: Construction and railway politics
hierarchical_section_title: Tenbury and Bewdley Railway / Construction and railway politics
caption_attribution_description: English: Tenbury Wells Station, with ex-Great Western Diesel railcar. View westward, towards Woofferton; ex-GWR Kidderminster - Woofferton line. No. 27 is one of the 1940 batch of Associated Equipment Co. (AEC) railcars first introduced in 1934: they proved very useful on the GWR for local services but were not to be perpetuated in Britain as railway passenger vehicles of general use for another 20 years.
context_page_description: The Tenbury and Bewdley Railway was an English railway company that built its line from Bewdley in Worcestershire to Tenbury station, which was in Shropshire. The line connected the Severn Valley Railway at Bewdley with the Tenbury Railway at Tenbury. The Tenbury Railway connected at Woofferton with the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway main line. Two railways were sometimes referred to as the Wyre Forest line or simply the Tenbury Line.
  The Tenbury and Bewdley Railway opened its line in 1864. It passed into the control of the Great Western Railway.
  The line closed to passenger trains in 1962 and to goods traffic in 1965; there is now no railway activity on the former line.
context_section_description: A working arrangement with the West Midland Railway was concluded, by which the Tenbury and Bewdley Railway Company would receive 40% of gross receipts, after payment of interest on the borrowings.
  However the Company was unable to raise the money to pay its contractor for the construction, and there was a protracted delay. Eventually in October 1861 instructions were given to commence work. In September 1862 the Shareholders were informed that arrangements had been made to lease the line to the West Midland Railway, giving a dividend of 4% after the first three years.
  The main line at Woofferton (the former Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway) had been leased jointly to the London and North Western Railway (50%) and the Great Western Railway and the West Midland Railway (together 50%). The Tenbury Railway was carried into the joint line status; the lease took effect on 1 July 1862.
  Meanwhile the construction of the Tenbury and Bewdley had not been progressing well. However eventually preparations were in hand for opening. A serious landslip in Prizeley cutting took place on 24 June, and the planned opening had to be postponed. The earthwork was stabilised, and a ceremonial opening took place on 4 August 1864, although the line had not yet been approved for passenger operation.
caption: Tenbury Wells Station, with ex-Great Western Diesel railcar in 1949
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