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The maps are:
(See Sources)
The 1956 map, being post-nationalisation, does not show names of the lines.
Name on 1854 | Name on 1921 | Notes | |
GWR Severn Valley Railway | Severn Valley Railway | Severn Valley Railway | The 1956 map shows a HALT (unnamed) at Jackfield. All stations unnamed except Buildwas Junction Sta. on all three. |
L&NWR Coalport to Hadley | Coalport Branch Railway | L&NWR | No differences |
GWR Buildwas Junction to Madeley Junction | Madeley Branch (not shown south of Lightmoor Jct | GWR | 1854 map does not show Buildwas Jct to Lightmoor Jct. All three name Buildwas Junction Station. 1956 shows a HALT at Cherry Tree Hill - the others nothing. It also shows Lightmoor Station as a HALT. Madeley Court Station is only named on 1854. The name of Madeley Junction is from a modern map. |
L&NWR & GWR Joint Madeley Jct to Wellington | Shrewsbury and Birmingham | Shrewsbury and Birmingham | The only variations are the HALT at New Hadley on the 1956 map, and the addition of Admaston Station after 1854. |
GWR Lightmoor Jct to Ketley Jct | Severn Junction Railway | GWR | 1956 shows two more stations than the others - HALTs at Doseley and Newdale. |
L&NWR Shropshire Union Line | Shropshire Union Railway | Shropshire Union line | 1854 shows only Hadley Station - Trench and Donnington came later. |
Wellington and Market Drayton Railway | Not shown | Wellington and Market Drayton | Not on 1854 map - built later. |
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