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| header22 = Route mileage<br /><small>Mileage shown as at end of year stated.<ref name=MacD1>{{cite book| last = MacDermot| first = E T| title = History of the Great Western Railway, volume I 1833-1863| publisher = Great Western Railway| |
| header22 = Route mileage<br /><small>Mileage shown as at end of year stated.<ref name=MacD1>{{cite book| last = MacDermot| first = E T| title = History of the Great Western Railway, volume I 1833-1863| publisher = Great Western Railway |year=1927 | location = London | chapter=Appendix 1 |ref=harv }} Reprinted 1982, Ian Allan, ISBN 0-7110-0411-0</ref><ref name=MacD2>{{cite book| last = MacDermot| first = E T| title = History of the Great Western Railway, volume II 1863-1921| publisher = Great Western Railway |year=1931 | location = London | chapter=Appendix 1 |ref=harv }} Reprinted 1982, Ian Allan, ISBN 0-711004-12-9</ref><ref name=GWCentenaryB>{{cite journal| title = A brief review of the Company's hundred years of business|journal = Great Western Railway Magazine| volume = 47| issue = 9| pages = 495-499| publisher = Great Western Railway| date = 1935}}</ref></small> |
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Revision as of 12:58, 29 October 2010
History | |
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1835 | Act of Incorporation |
1838 | First train ran |
1869–92 | 84 (Broad gauge) changed to 56.5 (Standard gauge) |
1903 | Start of road motor services |
1904 | City of Truro sets speed record |
1948 | Nationalised |
Constituent companies See full list of constituents of the GWR | |
1854 | Shrewsbury and Birmingham Ry Shrewsbury and Chester Railway |
1862 | South Wales Railway |
1863 | West Midland Railway |
1876 | Bristol and Exeter Railway South Devon Railway |
1889 | Cornwall Railway |
1922 | Rhymney Railway Taff Vale Railway Cambrian Railway |
1923 | Midland & S W Junction Rwy |
Successor organisation | |
1948 | Western Region of British Railways |
Key locations | |
Headquarters | Paddington station, London |
Workshops | Swindon Wolverhampton |
Major stations | Bristol Temple Meads Cardiff General London Paddington Reading General |
Route mileage Mileage shown as at end of year stated.[1][2][3] | |
1841 | 171 miles (275 km) |
1863 | 1,106 miles (1,780 km) |
1876 | 2,023 miles (3,256 km) |
1899 | 2,504 miles (4,030 km) |
1921 | 2,900 miles (4,700 km) |
1924 | 3,797 miles (6,111 km) |
Template documentation
This Infobox is based on {{Infobox}} and is used in the Great Western Railway series of articles.
References
- ^ MacDermot, E T (1927). "Appendix 1". History of the Great Western Railway, volume I 1833-1863. London: Great Western Railway.
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(help) Reprinted 1982, Ian Allan, ISBN 0-7110-0411-0 - ^ MacDermot, E T (1931). "Appendix 1". History of the Great Western Railway, volume II 1863-1921. London: Great Western Railway.
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(help) Reprinted 1982, Ian Allan, ISBN 0-711004-12-9 - ^ "A brief review of the Company's hundred years of business". Great Western Railway Magazine. 47 (9). Great Western Railway: 495–499. 1935.