Great Western Railway (train operating company)

Great Western Railway, is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup, which has services in the west and south west of England and South Wales. It also runs the Night Riviera overnight train between London and Penzance.

Near the end of January 2010, First Great Western said that  an £8,000,000 refresh programme to their fleet of Class 166 Turbo DMU trains would happen. In February 2021, GWR announced to purchase Class 319 “FLEX” units to replace the 158, 387, 165 and 166.

 History 

Train services
Great Western Railway runs most passenger train services on the Great Western main line.

Rolling stock
119 Class 43 for 52 High Speed Train and 1 Castle set
4   British Rail Class 57 diesel locomotives
8   British Rail Class 143 Pacer sets
19  British Rail Class 150 Sprinter sets
12  British Rail Class 153 Super-Sprinter sets
16  British Rail Class 158 Express Sprinter sets
36  British Rail Class 165 Network Turbo sets
21  British Rail Class 166 Network Express Turbo
45  British Rail Class 387 Electrostar sets
57  British Rail Class 800 "InterCity Express Trains" sets

Related pages
Great Western Railway

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Category:FirstGroup railway companies
Category:1996 establishments in England