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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.
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.
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Inspired by the heritage of GWR’s King George V locomotive, two sides of a coin appear on the side of our named Intercity Express Trains. With the Coat of Arms of the GWR on one side of coin, the other includes an illustration of The Princess competing at the 1976 Montreal Olympics.
Oxford. 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.
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] .
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Apr 16, 2013 · Travelling firstly from Paddington to Birmingham Snow Hill, the locomotive was changed at Wolverhampton or Shrewsbury for a 4-4-0 Cambrian locomotive as most of the lines West of Shrewsbury were banned to locomotives larger than this.
