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Great Western Railway has marked 40 years since the Falklands War by dedicating a train in honour of those who served in the conflict.

The Department for Transport (DfT) has today awarded a National Rail Contract (NRC) to Great Western Railway (GWR) to continue operating the Great Western network.

Great Western Railway is inviting customers to take a unique journey to Dartmouth this summer – via train, steam railway and boat.

Trains will be diverted around Bristol Parkway this Sunday in the first of a series of planned rail improvements this summer. 

Four long-serving Great Western Railway employees have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

Great Western Railway (GWR) has marked Her Majesty’s 70 years on the throne by including the official Platinum Jubilee Emblem on its Queen Elizabeth II train.

Great Western Railway (GWR) has honoured World War Two codebreaker Alan Turing by including his name on its popular ‘Trainbow’ Intercity Express Train.

The Elizabeth line opens tomorrow (Tuesday 24 May) – providing significant journey-time savings for Great Western Railway customers.

Great Western Railway will provide 40 trains and nearly 20,000 seats for music fans leaving Cardiff following this week’s Ed Sheeran concerts.

A new Community Fund launched by Great Western Railway is now inviting applications to support local communities and address areas of social need.

• New hourly service introduced on the Dartmoor line, doubling the current service in boost for local economy.
• Passenger numbers have exceeded expectations, with 50,000 journeys being made in the first 20 weeks since the restored line reopened

Train operator GWR is today reminding passengers that its timetables are changing from this Sunday.