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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.
Construction of the Crossrail Portal at Royal Oak, the Great Western Main Line in the right, July 2011. Crossrail is a major rail scheme, under construction since 2009, to provide a new east–west railway connection under Central London. The western portion of the line will connect with the Great Western Main Line to the west of Paddington.
The original Great Western Main Line linked London Paddington station with Temple Meads station in Bristol by way of Reading, Didcot, Swindon, Chippenham and Bath. This line was extended westwards through Exeter [40] and Plymouth [17] to reach Truro [18] and Penzance, [19] the most westerly railway station in England.
First Great Western previously leased 14 Class 180 Adelante units, operating on the Great Western Main Line, but following technical issues they were transferred elsewhere. [ 107 ] [ 108 ] In 2012, five units were returned to First Great Western to operate weekday services on the Cotswold Line , allowing class 165 and 166 units to be ...
The Reading–Taunton line is a major branch of the Great Western Main Line from which it diverges at Reading railway station. It runs to Cogload Junction (east of Taunton ) where it joins the Bristol to Exeter and Penzance line .
Swindon railway station is on the Great Western Main Line in South West England, serving the town of Swindon, Wiltshire.The station is 77 miles 23 chains (77.29 mi; 124.4 km) down the line from the zero point at London Paddington and lies between Didcot Parkway and Chippenham. [1]
The west portal. Box Tunnel passes through Box Hill on the Great Western Main Line (GWML) between Bath and Chippenham.The 1.83-mile (2.95 km) tunnel was the world's longest railway tunnel when it was completed in 1841.
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