 The enthusiasm for amalgamation went further, and in 1861 the OW&WR and the GWR agreed that amalgamation was desirable.The arrangement was authorised in Parliament on 13 July 1863 and the effective date was 1 August 1863.On 14 November 1858 the OW&WR opened a line from a junction at Kingswinford to a canal basin at Bromley.