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English: The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company and a notable example of civil engineering, linking London with the West Country, South West England and South Wales. It was founded in 1833, kept its identity through the 1923 grouping, and became the Western Region of British Railways at nationalisation in 1948.

Great Western Railway

British railway company (1833–1947)

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Instance of

railway company

Industry

rail transport

Location

United Kingdom

Headquarters location

London Paddington station

Founded by

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Inception

1833

Dissolved, abolished or demolished date

1948

Replaces

Bristol and Exeter Railway
Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway
Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway
Festiniog and Blaenau Railway
Llynvi and Ogmore Railway
Severn Bridge Railway
South Devon Railway
Taff Vale Railway
Torbay and Brixham Railway
Vale of Neath Railway
Gwendraeth Valleys Railway

Replaced by

Western Region of British Railways

Different from

Great Western Railway

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Subcategories

This category has the following 34 subcategories, out of 34 total.

Constituent companies of the Great Western Railway (60 C)
Great Western Railway lines (7 C)
Trains of Great Western Railway (36 C, 11 F)
Great Western Railway steam locomotives (73 C, 28 F)

B

Baulk road (2 C, 36 F)
GWR platform benches (34 F)
Boundary markers of the Great Western Railway (24 F)
Bridges and viaducts of the Great Western Railway (8 C, 5 F)

C

GWR coaches (14 C, 39 F)

G

GWR Goods Shed, Mann Island (14 F)
GWR Mechanics Institute, Swindon (13 F)

L

GWR locomotives delivered to British Rail (2 C)
Great Western Railway logos (3 C, 3 F)

M

Maps of the Great Western Railway (1 C, 25 F)
Great Western Railway mileposts (9 F)
Museums of the Great Western Railway (6 C, 1 F)

P

Great Western Railway pagoda platform shelters (1 C, 1 F)
Great Western Railway people (7 C, 6 F)
Great Western Railway platform barrows (6 F)
Great Western Railway publicity (1 C, 7 F)

R

GWR railcars (4 C, 11 F)
Great Western Railway spear-type railings (8 F)
Great Western Railway road vehicles (3 C, 9 F)

S

Great Western Railway ships (8 C, 5 F)
Great Western Railway signal boxes (30 C, 51 F)
Great Western Railway signals (12 C, 3 F)
Great Western Railway signs (2 C, 13 F)
Former Great Western Railway stations (683 C, 12 F)
Swindon Works (5 C, 193 F)

T

Things named after the Great Western Railway (1 C, 1 F)
Train liveries of the Great Western Railway (1 C, 1 F)
Great Western Railway tunnels (5 C, 1 F)

W

Great Western Railway wagons (4 C, 265 F)
Great Western Railway war memorials (3 C)

Media in category "Great Western Railway"

The following 56 files are in this category, out of 56 total.

2019 at Minehead station - ATC test ramp.JPG 1,366 × 820; 669 KB
Stroud Goods Shed Isambard Kingdom Brunel GWR blue plaque.jpg 3,592 × 3,592; 10.28 MB
A Class 387 Heathrow Express EMU and Hitachi GWR Bullet Train In Paddington Station.jpg 5,184 × 3,888; 8.37 MB
Advertisement for the Great Western Railway.jpg 1,389 × 2,152; 704 KB
An appeal to the citizens of Michigan showing the necessity of the early completion of the Great Western Rail Way from Detroit to the Niagara River (IA appealtocitizens00grea).pdf 702 × 1,195, 16 pages; 933 KB
2023 at Bodmin Parkway - waiting room.JPG 1,366 × 910; 559 KB
Broad and standard mileage operated by GWR es.png 1,306 × 1,078; 19 KB
Broad and standard mileage operated by GWR.png 1,306 × 1,078; 34 KB
Canal Bridge and OldSign.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 9.37 MB
Clapham Junction Station circa 1875.webp 1,120 × 800; 59 KB
Cornwall Railway.png 1,436 × 925; 82 KB
Current Bourne End Track Layout.png 1,416 × 672; 43 KB
Didcot Railway Centre 175 years of the GWR (4713997451).jpg 3,874 × 1,786; 4.94 MB
Dig1 01.JPG 3,008 × 2,000; 4.84 MB
Ealing Broadway stn 11th June 2022 14.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 2.29 MB
Ex GWR Bench, Llandough.jpg 6,048 × 8,064; 5.97 MB
Great Western General Booking Office MET DP868293.jpg 3,695 × 2,542; 3.16 MB
Great Western Railway 1840.jpg 800 × 580; 240 KB
Great Western Railway dividend share certificate - December 1899 (cropped).jpg 1,094 × 1,366; 366 KB
Great Western Railway dividend share certificate - December 1899.jpg 1,162 × 1,600; 368 KB
Great Western Railway dividend share certificate 1926.jpg 1,109 × 1,494; 370 KB
Great Western Railway Notice - geograph.org.uk - 1942974.jpg 3,072 × 2,304; 2.1 MB
Great Western Railway prepaid newspaper parcel stamps.jpg 2,469 × 1,317; 2.51 MB
Great Western Railway schedule for the Henley Regatta.jpg 1,325 × 744; 420 KB
Great Western Railway travel savings card.jpg 2,746 × 1,985; 814 KB
Great Western train 1842.jpg 2,082 × 684; 1.15 MB
GWR - King George V - 1911 - Coronation viewing ticket - obverse.jpg 800 × 645; 53 KB
GWR - King George V - 1911 - Coronation viewing ticket - reverse.jpg 800 × 644; 109 KB
GWR 1146.jpg 600 × 450; 204 KB
GWR 114751.jpg 600 × 400; 191 KB
GWR 17464.jpg 600 × 400; 279 KB
GWR 215.jpg 600 × 450; 151 KB
GWR 3700 Class 3440 City of Truro Locomotive Great Western Museum Swindon.jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 3.04 MB
GWR 4073 Class Caerphilly Castle Locomotive Swindon Great Western Museum.jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 3.19 MB
GWR 4872.jpg 800 × 533; 311 KB
GWR 68501.jpg 600 × 455; 223 KB
GWR 68765.jpg 600 × 400; 183 KB
GWR 68784.jpg 600 × 455; 289 KB
GWR 9400 Class Steam Locomotive Great Western Museum Swindon.jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 3.18 MB
GWR 98.jpg 600 × 460; 208 KB
GWR chairs (27547273305).jpg 3,672 × 4,896; 6.16 MB
GWR commemorative centerpiece at NRM York - DSC07807.JPG 2,736 × 3,648; 3.54 MB
GWR Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph instrument.jpg 1,366 × 1,366; 358 KB
GWR explosives wagon label.jpg 1,688 × 1,009; 373 KB
GWR luggage labels for Cullompton.jpg 1,025 × 500; 320 KB
Le navire à vapeur America, Compagnie du grand Chemin de fer Occidental.jpg 760 × 543; 100 KB
Leominster Museum - 2014-07-11 - Andy Mabbett - 29.JPG 3,008 × 2,000; 2.32 MB
Monmouth-Railway 1811.jpg 3,286 × 4,065; 3.22 MB
Museum of the Great Western Railway Swindon Works Overhead View.jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 3.39 MB
Old railway notice at Round House Farm - geograph.org.uk - 4202983.jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 4.16 MB
Portland lines.gif 1,034 × 1,431; 57 KB
Sea Defences in front of Long Rock protecting train line.png 3,840 × 2,160; 11.02 MB
Spoorlijn van de Great Western Railway tijdens overstromingen The floods, Nov 1894. The G.W.R. washed away (titel op object), RP-F-2001-7-545-37.jpg 3,888 × 5,264; 2.69 MB
St germans deviation.png 1,507 × 658; 93 KB
The Leamington Station, 1852.jpg 1,113 × 661; 328 KB
The Waverley, or Abbot class locomotive “Rob Roy”.jpg 1,724 × 885; 540 KB

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