Template:Infobox GWR
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1835 | Act of incorporation | ||||||||||||||||||||
1838 | First train ran | ||||||||||||||||||||
1869–92 | 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) Brunel gauge changed to 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge | ||||||||||||||||||||
1903 | Start of road motor services | ||||||||||||||||||||
1923 | Keeps identity though the Grouping | ||||||||||||||||||||
1935 | Centenary | ||||||||||||||||||||
1948 | Nationalised | ||||||||||||||||||||
Successor organisation | |||||||||||||||||||||
1948 | British Rail, Western Region | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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This Infobox is based on {{Infobox}} and is used in the Great Western Railway series of articles.
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, ISBN 0-7110-0411-0
- ^ MacDermot, E T (1931). "Appendix 1". 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". Great Western Railway Magazine. 47 (9). Great Western Railway: 495–499. 1935.
- ^ The Railway Year Book for 1920. London: The Railway Publishing Company Limited. 1920. p. 154.
- ^ The Railway Year Book for 1926. London: The Railway Publishing Company Limited. 1926. pp. 154–172.