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As the title suggests, several railways were planned in the Snailbeach area but only one was actually built. It carried lead ore from mines in the Stiperstones to Pontesbury where the ore was transhipped to the Great Western Railway.
The railway opened in 1877 and closed in 1915. In 1923 it was re-opened by Colonel Stephens.
By 1947 the railway was moribund but a short section was leased by Shropshire County Council who used it to transport road-building materials from Callow Hill Quarry to Pontesbury.
It finally closed in 1959 but some remnants of it can still be seen.
