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  2. Great Western Railway (train operating company) - Wikipedia

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    Great Western Railway ( GWR) is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup that operates the Greater Western passenger railway franchise. It manages 197 stations and its trains call at over 270. GWR operates long-distance inter-city services along the Great Western Main Line to and from the West of England and South Wales, inter-city ...

  3. Great Western Railway - Wikipedia

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    The Great Western Railway ( GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838 with the initial route completed between London and Bristol in 1841.

  4. Great Western Main Line upgrade - Wikipedia

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    The Great Western Main Line was equipped with colour light signalling common to the rest of the United Kingdom. At the time of the Ladbroke Grove rail crash (1999), the ATP (Automatic Train Protection) warning system was under trial. In response to that incident, it became a requirement for all First Great Western trains to be fitted with ATP.

  5. British Rail Class 802 - Wikipedia

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    The British Rail Class 802 is a type of high-speed bi-mode multiple-unit passenger train designed and produced by the Japanese manufacturer Hitachi Rail.It has been operated by Great Western Railway, TransPennine Express, and Hull Trains; each of these train operating companies has given its own units a unique brand: Great Western Railway's units are branded Intercity Express Trains (IETs ...

  6. Great Western Main Line - Wikipedia

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    The Great Western Main Line (GWML) is a main line railway in England that runs westwards from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads. It connects to other main lines such as those from Reading to Penzance and Swindon to Swansea. [2] The GWML is presently a part of the national rail system managed by Network Rail while the majority of ...

  7. Chiltern Main Line - Wikipedia

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    Chiltern Main Line. Chiltern Railways London to Birmingham express near Hatton, hauled by a Class 68 diesel locomotive. The Chiltern Main Line is a railway line which links London ( Marylebone) and Birmingham ( Moor Street and Snow Hill) on a 112-mile (180 km) route via High Wycombe, Bicester, Banbury, Leamington Spa and Solihull in England.

  8. GWR Super Saloons - Wikipedia

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    The Great Western Railway Super Saloons were eight railway carriages developed to service the boat train traffic from London to Plymouth.Built to the maximum loading gauge to be more opulent than the rival Pullman Company coaches offered by rival railway companies, and all named after members of the British Royal Family, their success was short-lived due to the onset of the Great Depression of ...

  9. Easter travel – live: Bank holiday chaos as drivers face 20 ...

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    Not very Great Western Railway. Thursday 28 March 2024 17:03, Simon Calder. Rail passengers hoping to travel between London Paddington, the West of England and South Wales face an Easter full of ...