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Great Western Railway’s Class 57/6s are used almost exclusively on Night Riviera services. On April 25, 57603 has brought the stock for the 2345 to Penzance into Paddington. JO CLOUGH.

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G-exam gees up GWR’s nocturnal ‘57/6s’

Great Western Railway HST & Locomotive Fleet Engineer Karl Atkinson talks exclusively to David Clough about the Class 57/6 Night Riviera locomotives’ ‘G’ exam programme.

Locomotives 29 Jul

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Unexploded bomb to close Plymouth to Liskeard route

Emergency services will close the railway between Plymouth and Liskeard from 1400 to 1800 today to remove an unexploded wartime bomb.

GWR 23 Feb

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Hitachi staff at LNER depots to strike over pay inconsistencies

Hitachi maintenance crews at LNER depots across the East Coast Main Line react to being paid less than colleagues under GWR.

Strike 31 Jan

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GWR tests passenger growth in Bristol-Oxford weekend services

Operator plans to gauge travel interest between cities, though return of route's weekday services unclear.

GWR 12 Jan

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GWR takes over trials of Vivarail battery train

Trials involving a fast-charging battery-powered passenger train will continue, with Great Western Railway taking over assets and staff from Vivarail

25 Feb

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GWR line closes for track renewals

Great Western Railway’s services on the ‘Berks and Hants’ route through Newbury face ongoing disruption until May

26 Jan

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GWR Class 800 struck unlit hand trolley at 123mph

A train that smashed into an abandoned hand trolley at 123mph should not have travelled so fast to a station following the impact

18 Oct

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New smartcards for Bristol area

Great Western Railway’s new pay-as-you-go smartcard tickets launched across the Bristol area

25 Sept

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Near-miss on level crossing at Farnborough North

Rail accident investigators are assessing a near-miss incident on a pedestrian level crossing in Hampshire.

16 Jun

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Digital ticketing at heart of GWR National Rail Contract

Great Western Railway has been awarded a National Rail Contract to continue operating the GWR network until at least June 21 2025.

15 Jun

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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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