 The Stour Valley Railway would need a connection at the Birmingham end; this was authorised separately after considerable debate over the preferred site; opinion at first was that there would only be one main station.The station selected was what became New Street station, although that name was not used at first.It too was authorised on 3 August 1846, by the London and Birmingham Railway (Birmingham Extension) Act, which included nearly a mile of route from near Curzon Street, as well as the new station.