Stafford–Shrewsbury line

Stafford–
Shrewsbury line
West Coast Main Line (south)
 Stafford
Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway
West Coast Main Line (north)
 Haughton
 Gnosall
 Newport
 Donnington
Telford International
Railfreight Park
 Trench Crossing
Coalport branch line
 Hadley
Wolverhampton–
Shrewsbury Line
 Wellington
Wellington and
Drayton Railway
 Admaston
 Walcot
 Upton Magna
 Abbey Foregate
Welsh Marches line (south)
 Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury–Chester line
Welsh Marches line (north)

The Stafford–Shrewsbury line is a former railway line in England, which ran between Stafford in Staffordshire and Shrewsbury in Shropshire, via Newport and Wellington, from 1849 to 1966. The Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company (SUR&CC) constructed and ran one of the few railways in England ever built by a canal company. The line served Newport and Wellington stations. The SUR&CC were solely responsible for the section from Stafford to Wellington; but the building and operation of the 10.5 mile (17 km)-long Shrewsbury-to-Wellington section was shared with the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway.

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