Great Western Trains
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[edit] Great Western Trains (1996 - 1998)
The company was formed as part of the privatisation of British Rail. As with all of the original franchises, Great Western was formed as a division of British Rail prior to the franchise being let. The sector consisted of the express services out of London Paddington to the West of England and South Wales. Instead of being franchised to an existing private company, this sector was instead bought by its managers and employees in 1996 (one of the first two to be privatised after South West Trains), who named the new company Great Western Trains Ltd. The name is derived from that of the earlier Great Western Railway, which served a similar, but larger, area.
[edit] Livery
The livery for Great Western Trains consisted of an ivory lower half and green top half, with the merlin and 'InterCity' logos, later repaints omitted the InterCity logo[1]
| Preceded by InterCity As part of British Rail |
Operator of Northern franchise 1997-2000 |
Succeeded by First Great Western First |
| Defunct train operating companies: | |
|---|---|
| InterCity: | Anglia Railways - Great Western Trains |
| London & South East: | Connex South Central - Connex South Eastern - First Great Eastern - First Great Western Link South Eastern Trains - Thames Trains - Thameslink - wagn |
| Regional/National: | Arriva Trains Merseyside - Arriva Trains Northern - First North Western - MTL - North Western Trains Northern Spirit - ScotRail - Valley Lines - Wales and Borders - Wales and West - Wessex Trains |
