Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Map showing railway routes operated by First Great Western in 2010. The background map shows the European regions of England and Wales. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 170%: Date: 8 December 2010: Source: Ordnance Survey OpenData. Great Britain coastline and European region boundary data from Boundary-Line ...
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
Great Western Trains adopted a livery of dark-green upper body and ivory lower body, with a stylised 'Merlin' bird logo. [123] Following the rebranding as First Great Western, fader vinyls were added to the lower body, with a gold bar containing the stylised FirstGroup F logo and separate Great Western logotype. [124]
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.
The train ran the wrong way down the line and was hit head-on by a First Great Western HST service from Cheltenham Spa to Paddington at a closing speed of approximately 130 mph (210 km/h). 31 people died, including both drivers, with more than 520 people injured.
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. The GWR's longer route via Bristol became nicknamed the "Great Way Round" (after its initials GWR).
Train services are provided by the present day Great Western Railway train operating company. The railway provides access to the River Thames and the Thames Path and is heavily used during the Henley Royal Regatta. It is sometimes referred to as the Regatta Line, and was branded as such by First Great Western and Oxfordshire County Council in ...
[42] [43] During 1933, the Great Western Railway introduced the first of its diesel-powered railcars, an early move towards the long term future of the passenger trains. [44] [45] On 3 July 1938, the London and North Eastern Railway's Class A4 4468 Mallard set a world speed record of 126 mph (202.8 km/h). [46] [47]