GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY
 William Slim
PUBLIC  NEWS

11 May 2011 - FirstGroup to Give Up First Great Western Rail Contract Early

10 Sep 2011 - Great Western Train Naming Honour

17 May 2012 - Navvies on Track to Make Gauge Change

30 Jul 2012 - Rail Structures on Great Western Line Get Protected Status

3 Oct 2013 - FirstGroup Extends Great Western Franchise for £32 Million

19 Sep 2014 - Train Stuck in Flood Water After Storms in Southern England

22 Sep 2014 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Great Western Railway Foundations Uncovered at Paddington

12 Mar 2015 - What Are the UK's New Trains Like?

10 Jul 2015 - First Great Western Strike On as Talks Fail

21 Sep 2015 - First Great Western Unveils Re-branded Great Western Railway Trains

21 Jan 2016 - Great Western Railway Electrification Up to Four Years Late

30 Jun 2016 - Great Western Railway Launches New Hitachi Train in Celebration of 175 Years of Services Between Bristol and London

5 Sep 2016 - First Electrostars Enter Service on Great Western Railway

9 Nov 2016 - Great Western Rail Modernization Costs Rocket

20 Apr 2018 - Great Western Railway and Porterbrook to Introduce the UK's First Tri-Mode Train

11 Jan 2019 - Train Passenger Killed After She Leaned Out the Window

16 Jul 2019 - Passengers Evacuated After Train Hits Cow Causing Long Delay

24 Sep 2019 - Quicker Train Services on South Wales to London Rail Line Announced by Great Western Railway

16 Dec 2020 - Trains Get Cancelled as Major Outbreak of Covid-19 Virus Sweeps Through Rail Company Sparking Fears of Christmas Chaos for Passengers

10 May 2021 - Government Wants Urgent Plan from Hitachi as Vast Majority of GWR Trains Withdrawn With Cracks

14 June 2022 - Train Operator GWR Has its Rail Network Contract Renewed Until at Least 2025

31 August 2023 - Great Western Railway to be Impacted by Strike Action This Weekend

12 September 2024 - GWR Networker Turbo Trains Back in Service After Refurbishment