Template:Infobox GWR
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| Great Western Railway | |
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 Coat-of-arms of the Great Western Railway, incorporating the shields of the cities of London (left) and Bristol (right) |
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| 1835 | Act of Incorporation |
| 1838 | First train ran |
| 1892 | Broad gauge abandoned |
| 1903 | Start of road motor services |
| 1904 | City of Truro sets speed record |
| 1948 | Nationalised |
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| 1854 | Shrewsbury and Birmingham Ry Shrewsbury and Chester Railway |
| 1862 | South Wales Railway |
| 1863 | West Midlands Railway |
| 1876 | Bristol and Exeter Railway South Devon Railway |
| 1889 | Cornwall Railway |
| 1922 | Rhymney Railway Taff Vale Railway Cambrian Railway |
| 1923 | Midland & S W Junction Rwy |
| See full list of constituents of the Great Western Railway | |
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| 1948 | Western Region of British Railways |
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| Headquarters | Paddington station, London |
| Workshops | Swindon |
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| Major stations | Bristol Temple Meads Cardiff General London Paddington Reading General |
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| 1841 | 171 miles (275 km) |
| 1863 | 1,106 miles (1,780 km) |
| 1876 | 2,023 miles (3,256 km) |
| 1899 | 2,504 miles (4,030 km) |
| 1921 | 2,900 miles (4,700 km) |
| 1924 | 3,797 miles (6,111 km) |
| Mileage shown as at end of year stated. Source[1][2][3] | |
This Infobox is based on {{Infobox generic}} and is used in the Great Western Railway article.
[edit] references
- ^ MacDermot, E T (1927). History of the Great Western Railway, volume I 1833-1863. London: Great Western Railway. Reprinted 1982, Ian Allan, ISBN 0-7110-0411-0
- ^ MacDermot, E T (1931). History of the Great Western Railway, volume II 1863-1921. London: Great Western Railway. Reprinted 1982, Ian Allan, ISBN 0-711004-12-9
- ^ "A brief review of the Company's hundred years of business" (1935). Great Western Railway Magazine 47 (9): 495-499. Great Western Railway.
