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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.
Beginnings. The Great Western Railway was originally founded to provide a route from Bristol to London, using broad gauge track as developed by its chief engineer I. K. Brunel. It wasn't long before its sights turned northwards due to the success of its standard gauge rivals, the Grand Junction Railway, and the London & Birmingham Railway.
The advocates of the broad gauge determined to seize Devonshire and Cornwall. The Great Western Railway accordingly became associated with the Bristol and Exeter Railway, the South Devon Railway, extending from Exeter to Plymouth, and also other small railways.
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GWR arrived in Oxford in 1844, with the opening of the original Grandpoint station. Three proposals were submitted from 1837 to 1842 before construction finally began. A new site was opened in 1852 with the original finally closing in 1872 after operating as a goods station.
Great Western history, 1892 - 1948. U pon the end of broad gauge use, a wind of change seemed to blow through the entire Great Western network which continued beyond the turn of the century. With the appointment of G. J. Churchward as Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Superintendent ( a title replaced by Chief Mechanical Engineer in 1916 ), the ...
Other articles where Great Western Railway is discussed: Swindon: …market town, but, when the Great Western Railway built its main engineering works there, the population rapidly increased to 45,000. During the 1950s the town decided to accept overspill population and industry from Greater London, about 75 miles (120 km) to the east. Considerable redevelopment and rapid growth ensued ...
