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Media in category "Great Western Railway road motors". The following 5 files are in this category, out of 5 total. Calne road service.JPG 990 × 1,600; 457 KB. GWR bus AF84 on Helston service.jpg 576 × 524; 36 KB. GWR Clarkson steam bus on 14 mile Wolverhampton-Bridgnorth route started 7 November 1904.jpg 923 × 549; 308 KB.
The GWR operated an extensive system of road-vehicles in conjunction with its rail services. This included numerous horse-drawn carts and flat-beds. The horse-drawn vehicles were usually constructed at Swindon and lasted in operation until just after WWII. The GWR pioneered regular bus services in the UK with the introduction of its first ...
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On 11 July 1904, GWR road motor services started running from here to Torquay, in competition with recently extended Torquay Tramways; the land opposite the station is still used as a bus station. The line from Torquay was finally doubled in 1910, when the platforms were extended to accommodate longer trains. Further expansion came in 1924 ...
On 20 April 1917, GWR employee, James Lovejoy, was knocked down and killed by the 9.05 pm Llangollen Branch goods train at Pontypool Road. On 3 January 1925, a freight train was derailed at Tir-Phil, Glamorgan when the trackbed was washed away. On 4 March 1933, a passenger train was struck by falling rocks at Vriog, Merionethshire.
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 ...
The arches of this viaduct were rented out to local traders for storage and were even used as a garage for the buses used on the GWR road motor services. The CR line passed over three of the many Cornwall Railway viaducts. These were originally built from timber but were all rebuilt in more durable materials between 1899 and 1908.
