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The Great Western Railway's ships operated in connection with the company's trains to provide services to Ireland, the Channel Islands and France. [1] Powers were granted by Act of Parliament for the Great Western Railway (GWR) to operate ships in 1871. The following year the company took over the ships operated by Ford and Jackson on the route ...
Pages in category "Ships of the Great Western Railway" ... TSS Great Western (1933) I. TSS Ibex (1891) L. PS Limerick (1874) TSS Lynx (1889) M. PS Malakhoff (1851)
The railway can call on a large fleet to operate its services. [1] Only a small 'core' group of vehicles actually belong to the railway company itself; the remainder are owned by an associated groups, such as the Great Western (Severn Valley Railway) Association, [2] [3] or individuals. The SVR is also the base of the DMU Group (West Midlands ...
She was built for the Great Western Railway in 1947 as one of a pair of new vessels for the Fishguard to Rosslare service, the other being TSS St David. She replaced a former ship of the same name which had been sunk by torpedo on 13 June 1941. [2] [3] [4] British Railways took ownership in 1948 and she was based in Weymouth.
St David was launched on 6 February 1947 by the Countess of Dudley, wife of the deputy chairman of the Great Western Railway. [2] She entered service at Fishguard in July 1947. In 1969 she was transferred to the Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire service. In 1971 she was sold to Greek owner Handris Lines and was renamed Holyhead. She never entered ...
Ships of the Great Western Railway (41 P) ... Pages in category "Great Western Railway" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total.
Great Western: Paddle steamer: ... Full-rigged Ship: For private owner. [74] March ... For London and North Western Railway. [237] [239] 31 August
Severn Valley Railway (1870) Great Western and Brentford Railway (1 July 1871) ♠; Wallingford and Watlington Railway (2 December 1871) Wrexham and Minera Railway (1871) Llanelly Railway (1 January 1873; Briton Ferry Dock and Railway (1873) Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway (30 June 1874) ♠; East Somerset Railway (2 December 1874) ♠