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The line to Basingstoke had originally been built by the Berks and Hants Railway as a broad-gauge route in an attempt to keep the standard gauge of the LSWR out of Great Western territory but, in 1857, the GWR and LSWR opened a shared line to Weymouth on the south coast, the GWR route being via Chippenham and a route initially started by the ...
An InterCity 125 as operated by the original Great Western Trains franchise in 1996-1998. As part of the privatisation of British Rail, the Great Western InterCity franchise was awarded by the Director of Passenger Rail Franchising to Great Western Holdings in December 1995, and it began operations on 4 February 1996.
Class 800 of LNER (left) next to a InterCity 125 of CrossCountry (right) at Leeds. As part of the UK Government's Intercity Express Programme (IEP), the Class 800 units were built as partial replacements for the InterCity 125 trains which at the time operated services on the Great Western Main Line and the East Coast Main Line, as well as the InterCity 225 trains which currently operate ...
The British Rail Class 802 [13] [14] is a type of high-speed bi-mode multiple-unit passenger train designed and produced by the Japanese manufacturer Hitachi Rail.It has been operated by Great Western Railway, TransPennine Express, and Hull Trains; each of these train operating companies has given its own units a unique brand: Great Western Railway's units are branded Intercity Express Trains ...
Great Western Railway; Rhymney Railway 51 miles (82 km) Taff Vale Railway 124 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (199 km) These amalgamated on 1 January 1922, and the company continued to use the name Great Western Railway, and its new board of directors included representatives from all seven of the constituent companies.
In most trains there's free or open seating. In case one can make seat reservations, train seating plans or train seat maps [2] are provided in computer reservation systems to allow future train passengers to select their seat, usually an aisle seat or window seat.
Pages in category "Railway stations served by Great Western Railway" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 264 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This was intended as a businessman's service; fares were charged at the normal rate, although bookings were limited by the 44 seats of the railcar. [3] The next three units, Nos. 5 to 7, entered service in July 1935 and had 70 seats. They were used on services between London, Oxford and Hereford. The next batches of railcars numbered 8 to 34 ...