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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.
This is a route-map template for the Great Western Main Line, a UK railway.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
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. [ 106 ] [ 107 ] 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 ...
A GWR seat at Yatton The pedestrian crossing at Cockwood Steps, on the South Devon Main Line, retains a gate with GWR spear-type railings The GWR's memory is kept alive by several museums such as STEAM – the museum of the GWR (in the old Swindon railway works ), and the Didcot Railway Centre , where there is an operating broad-gauge train.
The GWR's cut-off lines to the west of England (shown in red). The Great Western Railway first ran trains from London to Plymouth in 1848. These trains ran via Bristol.The London and South Western Railway completed the rival West of England line in 1860, which provided a more direct route from London to Exeter.
Paddington is the London terminus of the Great Western Main Line; passenger services are primarily operated by Great Western Railway, which provides commuter and regional passenger services to west London and the Thames Valley region, as well as long-distance intercity services to South West England and South Wales.
The Great Western Main Line was equipped with colour light signalling common to the rest of the United Kingdom. At the time of the Ladbroke Grove rail crash (1999), the ATP (Automatic Train Protection) warning system was under trial. In response to that incident, it became a requirement for all First Great Western trains to be fitted with ATP. [37]
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]