West Midland Railway

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West Midland Railway Act 1860
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act for the Amalgamation of the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford and the Worcester and Hereford Railway Companies with the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway Company, under the Name of "The West Midland Railway Company."
Citation23 & 24 Vict. c. lxxxi
Dates
Royal assent14 June 1860

The West Midland Railway was an early British railway company. It was formed on 1 July 1860 by the West Midland Railway Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. lxxxi) which merged several older railway companies. It was amalgamated with the Great Western Railway on 1 August 1863. It was the successor to the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (OWWR).

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