List of constituents of the Great Western Railway

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The list of constituent companies of the Great Western Railway (GWR) as a result of the Railways Act 1921:

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[edit] Constituent companies

The new Great Western Railway comprised the following constituent companies:

[edit] Subsidiary companies

[edit] Independently worked

[edit] Semi-independent lines

These were worked by the GWR but possessed separate rolling stock etc.

  • Port Talbot Railway and Docks (PTR&D) 35 miles (56 km)
  • Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway 29 miles (46 km)

[edit] Non-working companies

Originally leased to or worked by the GWR:

  • Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway 42.75 miles (68 km)
  • East Gloucestershire Railway 25.5 miles (41 km)
  • Exeter Railway 8.75 miles (14 km)
  • Forest of Dean Central Railway 5 miles (8 km)
  • Gwendraeth Railway 3 miles (5 km)
  • Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway 12 miles (19 km)
  • Liskeard and Looe Railway 9 miles (14 km)
  • Princetown Railway 10.5 miles (17 km)
  • Ross and Monmouth Railway 12.5 miles (20 km)
  • Teign Valley Railway 7.75 miles (12 km)
  • West Somerset Railway 14.5 miles (23 km) (now the West Somerset Railway heritage line)

Originally leased to or worked by the TVR

  • Penarth Extension Railway 1.75 miles (3 km)
  • Penarth Harbour, Dock and Railway 9.75 miles (16 km)

Originally leased to or worked by the Cambrian

  • Mawddwy Railway 6.75 miles (11 km)
  • Van Railway 6.75 miles (11 km)
  • Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway 9.25 miles (15 km) (now the Welshpool & Llanfair Railway heritage line)
  • Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway 12.75 miles (20 km)

Originally leased or worked by the PTR&D

  • South Wales Mineral Railway 13 miles (21 km)

Originally leased to or worked by the Barry

  • Vale of Glamorgan Railway 20.75 miles (33 km)

[edit] See also


The "Big Four" pre-nationalisation British railway companies
v • d • e

Great Western • London Midland & Scottish • London & North Eastern • Southern

GWR constituents: Great Western Railway • Cambrian Railways • Taff Vale Railway
Barry Railway • Rhymney Railway • (full list)
LNER constituents: Great Central • Great Eastern • Great Northern • Great North of Scotland
Hull & Barnsley • North British • North Eastern • (Full list)
LMS constituents: Caledonian • Furness • Lancashire & Yorkshire • Glasgow & South Western
London and North Western • Midland • North Staffordshire • (Full list)
SR constituents: London and South Western Railway • London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
South Eastern Railway • London, Chatham and Dover Railway • (Full list)

See also: History of rail transport in Great Britain 1923 - 1947 • List of companies involved in the grouping
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