Great Western Railway (train operating company) | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-01-03

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Western_Railway_(train_operating_company)


00:01:45 1 History
00:06:24 2 Routes
00:06:43 2.1 Main line services
00:06:53 2.2 Commuter and local routes
00:07:59 3 Named trains
00:08:14 4 Onboard services
00:08:25 4.1 Pullman Dining
00:09:02 4.2 First Class
00:09:51 4.3 Standard Class
00:10:14 4.4 Express Cafe/Great Western Larder
00:10:52 5 Performance
00:11:02 5.1 Punctuality
00:14:14 5.2 Remedial Plan
00:16:56 5.3 Overcrowding
00:18:57 5.4 Disabled passengers
00:19:48 5.5 Strike action
00:21:40 6 Rolling stock
00:22:39 6.1 High-speed services
00:22:48 6.1.1 Class 43 High Speed Train
00:25:54 6.1.2 Class 800 Intercity Express Train
00:26:46 6.1.3 Class 802 (AT300)
00:27:07 6.1.4 Class 57/6
00:27:41 6.2 Thames Valley / Bristol
00:27:51 6.2.1 Class 165/1 Thames Turbo
00:29:08 6.2.2 Class 166 Thames Express Turbo
00:30:08 6.2.3 Class 387/1 Electrostar
00:31:12 6.3 West of England
00:31:21 6.3.1 Class 143 Pacer
00:32:35 6.3.2 Class 150/0 Sprinter
00:33:16 6.3.3 Class 150/1 Sprinter
00:34:11 6.3.4 Class 150/2 Sprinter
00:35:54 6.3.5 Class 153 Super Sprinter
00:38:44 6.3.6 Class 158 Express Sprinter
00:41:06 6.4 Current fleet
00:41:15 6.5 Future fleet
00:41:47 6.6 Past fleet
00:45:34 7 Livery
00:47:45 8 Depots
00:48:07 9 TV documentary
00:48:53 10 Future of the franchise
00:49:21 11 See also



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SUMMARY
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First Greater Western Limited, trading as Great Western Railway (GWR), is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup that operates the Greater Western railway franchise. It manages 197 stations and its trains call at over 270. GWR operates long-distance inter-city services along the Great Western Main Line to and from South West England and South Wales, as well as the Night Riviera sleeper service between London and Penzance. It also provides commuter/outer-suburban services from its London terminus at Paddington to West London, the Thames Valley region including Berkshire, parts of Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire; and regional services throughout the West of England and South Wales to the South coast of England. GWR was due to begin operating the Heathrow Express service under a management contract on behalf of Heathrow Airport Holdings from August 2018; however this was later deferred to November 2018.
The company began operating in February 1996 as Great Western Trains, as part of the privatisation of British Rail. In December 1998 it became First Great Western after FirstGroup bought out its partners' shares in Great Western Holdings. In April 2006, First Great Western, First Great Western Link and Wessex Trains were combined into the new Greater Western franchise and brought under the First Great Western brand. The company adopted its current name and a new livery in September 2015 to coincide with the start of an extended franchise that is due to run until April 2020.