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Severn Bridge Railway
The Severn Bridge Railway was an early British railway company. It ran 〔 from Berkeley Road railway station (the Midland Railway - MR - had opened its branch there to goods on 2 August 1875 and to passengers on 1 August 1876)〔Railway Magazine January 1961 pp. 22-26 Colin G. Maggs: The Severn Bridge Railway〕 to Sharpness railway station via the Sharpness Branch Line. It then went over the River Severn on the Severn Railway Bridge and to Lydney Junction railway station. It was opened in 1879 as a joint venture between the MR and the Severn and Wye Railway (S&WR). It was amalgamated with the Severn and Wye Railway in the same year. It then became the Severn and Wye and Severn Bridge Company (S&W&SBC); the S&W&SBC went into liquidation in 1883〔 and was bought by both the Great Western Railway (GWR) and the Midland Railway in 1885.〔(London Gazette 29 May 1885 )〕 It was then called the Severn and Wye Joint Railway (S&WJR).〔Ron Huxley, ''The rise and fall of the Severn Bridge Railway'', 1984, ISBN 978-1-84868-033-3〕
==Formation==
The Severn Bridge Railway Company was incorporated on 18 July 1872, the year after work had started on expansion of Sharpness Docks. It was hoped the railway would facilitate coaling of ships at the docks, instead of taking on ballast and steaming to a port near the South Wales coalfield. The railway was estimated to cost £277,973 (the March 1875 contract with Hamilton Windsor Iron Works〔(Grace's Guide Hamilton Windsor Ironworks )〕 cost £190,000 for the Severn Bridge). £50,000 came from the MR, £50,000 from the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal and £50,000 from the S&WR. On amalgamation on the bridge opening day, 17 October 1879, the S&W&SBC had capital of £415,400. The 1885 scheme of arrangement sold it to the GWR and MR for £477,300.〔
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