Severn Crossing Schemes, 1865

The Railway Mania years of the mid-nineteenth century saw many proposals for lines and works that never came to fruition. In 1865 there were no less than four major schemes involving crossing the River Severn between Gloucester and Newport. Read about them in the article below published in 'The Gloucestershire Railway Society News' and written by distinguished railwayman and railway historian D S M Barrie*.

Footnote:

* D S M Barrie was a Fleet Street journalist who took over the LMS public relations and publicity department in 1932. He later became General Manager of BR Eastern Region.