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Great Western Railway (GWR) is warning customers to expect disruption on journeys between Plymouth and St Austell next due to engineering work.

A book vending machine has been installed at Exeter St Davids thanks to a new partnership between Penguin Books, Exeter UNESCO City of Literature and Great Western Railway.

Rail improvement work will affect all train services through Taunton next week.

GWR is set to provide extra trains for the majority of this year’s Cheltenham Festival but warns that planned strike action will mean an extremely limited service will run on Thursday 16 March and Saturday 18 March.

The RMT union has announced four 24-hour strikes – on Thursday 16 and Saturday 18 March, and Thursday 30 March and Saturday 1 April.

Long-waited improvements to the subway at Gloucester station are set to begin next week, Monday 13 March, as part of the wider multi-million pound station improvement project. 

From on-board to the boardroom, Great Western Railway (GWR) and Network Rail (NR) have teamed up to celebrate women in the rail industry for International Women’s Day today.

Great Western Railway (GWR) is celebrating World Book Day with publisher Penguin Books by giving its followers the chance to win a bundle of books.

Great Western Railway’s Daniel Golton has been named Young Professional of the Year at the Rail Business Awards, the industry’s most recognised awards scheme.

Great Western Railway will provide 77 trains and more than 40,000 seats for fans attending Saturday’s Wales vs England Six Nations fixture.

Great Western Railway (GWR) has joined Samaritans to remind people that we all have the potential to be lifesavers by striking up a conversation.

A programme of rail improvement work will affect trains between Somerset and Dorset on weekdays in February and March.