Great Western Electrification Programme

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Case for Oxford electrification set to be made again as infrastructure remains 'totally unused'

Local politicians want to push case to get wires into Oxford years after plan was abandoned.

Electrification 4 Mar

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: What’s it like in the cab of an IET?

EXCLUSIVE: The first main line cab ride in a Great Western Railway Class 800 Intercity Express Train

14 Jul

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Cardiff-Swansea wires ‘not sensible’

Chris Grayling says electrifying Cardiff-Swansea "was not actually a sensible thing to do.”

23 Apr

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GWR Class 387/1 fleet latest

Forty-one GWR Electrostars now in traffic each weekday.

15 Jan

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Carne acknowledges planning flaws in Great Western electrification

Planning of Great Western Route Modernisation would take longer if it were being done again - in order to spend less time on construction.

21 Dec

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Great Western has similar problems encountered with a West Coast upgrade -DfT

Progress on the Great Western Route Modernisation has been similar in some respects to the West Coast Route Modernisation programme says DfT.

21 Dec

Looking towards London at Didcot Parkway on August 18. PAUL BIGLAND/RAIL.

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£47 million spent on deferred sections of Great Western modernisation

"Around £47 million” has been spent on works on the Great Western Main Line where electrification has been deferred.

20 Dec

GWR 387130 at London Paddington. JACK BOSKETT.

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More Class 387/1s heading for GWR in December

The next batch of Class 387/1s for Great Western Railway will be delivered from December.

20 Sept

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GWR electrification uncertainty raises timetable issues

Ability of GWR's '800' bi-modes to meet current and future timetables is under scrutiny by the operator, due to their maximum speed in diesel mode of 100mph.

31 Aug

GWR 387136 inside Derby Litchurch Lane on August 12.

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GWR shows off the first of its new Class 387 EMUs

New electric multiple units for Great Western Railway have been unveiled, ahead of their introduction into traffic on September 5.

30 Aug

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New trains for Great Western Railway

Great Western Railway unveiled its Class 387/1 fleet at Bombardier's Derby Litchurch Lane on August 12. JACK BOSKETT presents a selection of images.

16 Aug

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Network Rail plans vital Bank Holiday work

Network Rail will spend more than £30 million on engineering projects over the May 28-30 Bank Holiday weekend.

17 May

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GWML wires will meet Hendy targets - Network Rail

Network Rail says the Great Western Route Modernisation (GWRM) will be completed to targets set after the Hendy Review.

11 May

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Great Western wires in use by September

Network Rail tells RAIL the first section of electrified track to be completed on the GWML will be between Reading and Didcot at the end of September.

11 May