Template:Infobox GWR
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| History | |
|---|---|
| 1835 | Act of Incorporation |
| 1838 | First train ran |
| 1869–92 | Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "TemplatePar". changed to Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "TemplatePar". |
| 1903 | Start of road motor services |
| 1923 | Keeps identity though the Grouping |
| 1935 | Centenary |
| 1948 | Nationalised |
| Successor organisation | |
| 1948 | British Rail, Western Region |
| Constituent companies | |
| See full list of constituents of the GWR | |
| 1854 | Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Shrewsbury and Chester Railway |
| 1862 | South Wales Railway |
| 1863 | West Midland Railway |
| 1876 | Bristol and Exeter Railway South Devon Railway |
| 1889 | Cornwall Railway |
| 1922 | Rhymney Railway Taff Vale Railway Cambrian Railways |
| 1923 | Midland & S W Junction Railway |
| Key locations | |
| Headquarters | Paddington station, London |
| Locale | England; Wales |
| Workshops | Swindon Wolverhampton |
| Major stations | Birmingham Snow Hill Bristol Temple Meads Cardiff General London Paddington Reading General |
| Route mileage | |
| Mileage shown as at end of year stated[1][2][3] | |
| 1841 | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 1863 | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 1876 | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 1899 | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 1921 | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 1924 | Script error: No such module "convert". |
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References
- ↑ MacDermot, E T (1927). "Appendix 1". History of the Great Western Railway, volume I 1833-1863. London: Great Western Railway. Reprinted 1982, Ian Allan, Script error: No such module "Catalog lookup link".
- ↑ MacDermot, E T (1931). "Appendix 1". History of the Great Western Railway, volume II 1863-1921. London: Great Western Railway. Reprinted 1982, Ian Allan, Script error: No such module "Catalog lookup link".
- ↑ "A brief review of the Company's hundred years of business". Great Western Railway Magazine. Great Western Railway. 47 (9): 495–499. 1935.