West Midland Railway
The West Midland Railway was an early British railway company. It was formed on 1 July 1860 by a merger of several older railway companies and amalgamated with the Great Western Railway on 1 August 1863. It was the successor to the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway.History
Constituents
The original constituent companies were the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway, the Worcester and Hereford Railway, and the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway ; which had already absorbed the Stratford and Moreton Tramway.
On 1 July 1861 the WMR leased the Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway. In 1862 it also leased the Leominster and Kington Railway and the Severn Valley Railway.Amalgamation with the GWR
The West Midland Railway was dissolved on 1 August 1863, with its powers and obligations being vested in the Great Western Railway. The West Midland Railway Company itself continued in existence until complete amalgamation was brought about by the Great Western Railway Act of 1872.
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