Tenbury Railway Tenbury Railway The Tenbury Railway was a railway that ran between Woofferton and Tenbury station in Shropshire, England. Early in its history a through connection was made to the Tenbury and Bewdley Railway which continued to Bewdley in Worcestershire; the route formed by the two railways sometimes being referred to as the Wyre Forest line or simply the Tenbury Line. The Tenbury Railway opened in August 1861 as a 5 mile branch line connecting the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway (S&HR) at Woofferton to a terminus at Tenbury via an intermediate station at Easton Court. The line was operated by the
Tenbury Wells control the original River Teme crossing. It has also been described as "... the remains of an 11th-century Norman Castle." A legal record of 1399 mentions a place spelt perhaps as "Temedebury" which may be a further variation in spelling. Tenbury was in the upper division of Doddingtree Hundred. Originally named "Temettebury", the town was granted a Royal Charter to hold a market in 1249. Over time, the name changed to "Tenbury", and then added the "Wells" following the discovery of mineral springs and wells in the town in the 1840s. The name of the railway station, which was on