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May joins GWR advisory board

Former Prime Minister Theresa May has been invited to join Great Western Railway’s independent stakeholder advisory board.

22 Apr

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Window Seater on-train audio guides launch on GWR

20 Feb

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GWR grant to clear litter in Plymouth

Great Western Railway has awarded a £12,000 grant to litter-picking group Clean Our Patch CIC,

30 Jan

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Initiative to give visitors a Taste for Travel

Taste for Travel trails and experiences are being launched to encourage visitors in Gloucestershire to see rail as part of an adventure in the region

29 Jan

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Construction starts on Old Oak Common station’s concrete ‘box’

The first stage is the main station ‘box’ - the 900-yard-long reinforced concrete frame that will be part underground

13 Dec

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Okehampton’s special day as passenger trains return

The first passenger service ran on the newly reopened Dartmoor Line between Okehampton and Exeter on November 17, three days ahead of its official reinstatement

23 Nov

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Salisbury Tunnel reopens after clean-up operation

Salisbury’s Fisherton Tunnel reopened on November 16, 16 days after a crash between two trains that injured 14 people

22 Nov

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Teenager designs Dartmoor Line logo

Teenager Tom Watts won Great Western Railway’s competition to design a logo marking November’s reopening of the Dartmoor Line.

22 Nov

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RAIB’s early analysis pinpoints low adhesion

A Rail Accident Investigation Branch interim report has stated that signal SY31 was set at danger, to protect the movement of the Great Western Railway train

12 Nov

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“Slippery rails” cause train collision at Salisbury

Crash investigators say slippery rails were a cause of the collision involving two trains at the entrance to Fisherton Tunnel in Salisbury.

11 Nov

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Weymouth-Bristol to shut for 16 days

A 16-day closure will be required for what Network Rail describes as “major surgery” for the Weymouth-Bristol line.

20 Oct

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Bedwyn passengers bemoan shortage of service

Passengers on Great Western Railway trains to Bedwyn in Wiltshire have complained about continuing unacceptable service.

25 Aug

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Passengers ‘well informed’ during train disruption

Train operators “kept passengers well informed” during disruption caused by the temporary withdrawal of Hitachi 800-series trains with component cracks

6 Jul