Great Western Railway

  • From the archive: The Glory Years of BR Steam

    From the archive: The Glory Years of BR Steam

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    From The Railway Magazine, December 2005: At Nationalisation, the GWR feared it would lose its unique character, but as it turned out, those worries weren’t to be realised for more than a decade and the 1950s and early ‘60s thus proved to be the era of the ‘Great Western Region’!

  • Chasing the Castle sets

    Chasing the Castle sets

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    GWR is withdrawing its popular Castle HST fleet this year. Rail Express provides the diagrams the remaining sets will operate until May for those wishing to ride on, view or photograph the trains

  • Trackside fire disrupts London Paddington services

    Trackside fire disrupts London Paddington services

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    A trackside electrical fire has caused large-scale disruption to rail services to and from London Paddington.

  • All change at Okehampton

    All change at Okehampton

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    Andy Coward travelled to Devon to meet Tom Baxter, of the Dartmoor Railway Association, to find out more about the line and how the association is supporting Great Western Railway in promoting the revitalised railway.

  • A Royal visit to Swindon’s STEAM Museum

    A Royal visit to Swindon’s STEAM Museum

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    His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent visited the award-winning displays at STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway on Wednesday.

  • New service between London and south-west Wales approved

    New service between London and south-west Wales approved

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    Rail passengers travelling between London and south-west Wales are set to have a choice of train operator.

  • Engineers to join railway workers on strike

    Engineers to join railway workers on strike

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    Engineers are to join thousands of railway workers on strike in the latest outbreak of industrial unrest sweeping the country.

  • Rail chaos which ruined mourners’ journeys continues for second day

    Rail chaos which ruined mourners’ journeys continues for second day

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    Disruption to train services which caused thousands of mourners to miss the Queen’s funeral will continue until noon on Tuesday, passengers have been warned.

  • Train drivers to strike next month as industrial action causes travel chaos

    Train drivers to strike next month as industrial action causes travel chaos

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    Train drivers at nine rail companies to stage a one-day strike next month in the worsening dispute, causing travel chaos across the country.

  • Cracks in trains caused by excess movement and salt in the air 

    Cracks in trains caused by excess movement and salt in the air 

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    Cracks on trains discovered last year were caused by excess movement and aluminium corroded by salt in the air, an investigation has found.

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