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Until 2017, GWR operated the vast majority of its long-distance services with a fleet of 58 InterCity 125 High Speed Train sets, [77] each consisting of eight Mark 3 coaches sandwiched between two Class 43 locomotives. GWR operated the largest InterCity 125 fleet, owning five sets outright; the rest were leased from Angel Trains and Porterbrook.
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A few months later, they returned to GWR stock along with the whole of the Cambrian fleet when the Cambrian Railways amalgamated with the GWR on 1 January 1922. They were withdrawn in 1927 and 1931. [13] GWR no. 3521 had been built as a standard-gauge 0-4-2 T in 1887, and no. 3546 as a broad-gauge 0-4-2 ST in 1888. They had each gone through ...
♠ – Companies that were already operated by or leased to the GWR or one of the other absorbed railways before amalgamation. Note: This list is incomplete. ‡ – Companies operating wholly or partly on the 7 ft 1 ⁄ 4 in (2,140 mm) broad gauge at the time that they combined with the GWR. The broad gauge was finally abandoned on 21 May 1892.
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Four bidders pre-qualified for the 2013 Great Western passenger franchise: clockwise from top left, Arriva, Stagecoach, First and National Express Expressions of interest in bidding for the new franchise were called for in December 2011 [12] and in March 2012 it was announced that Arriva UK Trains, FirstGroup, National Express and Stagecoach had been shortlisted to bid.
GWR 700 was sold to Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds in Dowlais in October 1927 and scrapped in August 1950. GWR 703 was sold to the Ocean Coal Co Ltd in August 1932 for use at the Lady Windsor Colliery in Ynysbwl; it was scrapped in 1956. B: 0-6-2T: 25: 6–20, 23–32: 198–201, 203–204, 206–214, 223–232: B1: 0-6-2T: 42