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Great Western Railway will provide 16 trains and more than 7,000 seats for rugby fans leaving Cardiff on Friday night but warns customers will have to queue to board trains safely.

Great Western Railway, Network Rail and the British Transport Police have teamed up to celebrate women in the rail industry for International Women’s Day, with a host of activities across the Great Western Network, including an exciting new film.

Great Western Railway has named a train in honour of a sewing bee who inspired volunteers to make PPE for thousands of people across Berkshire.

Fancy-dress runner Martin Heath and food-delivery champion Emma Hurrell travelled on a train named in their honour today as Great Western Railway celebrated their community heroics.

Hospital hero Liz Gallagher and ‘mask tree’ creator Naomi Betts travelled on a train named in their honour today as Great Western Railway celebrated their community heroics.

Works to improve the railway in West Cornwall begin on Saturday 5 March 2022, with amended train services and replacement buses in operation to keep people moving.

Great Western Railway has named a train after two community heroes from the BBC Bristol region who selflessly helped others at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Samaritans has received a £64,000 grant from Great Western Railway to support the charity’s life-saving work and mission to reduce the number of people who die by suicide.

In anticipation of significant high winds tomorrow, train company GWR is warning customers that they expect to cut services by half, the mainline in south Wales will be closed, and where long-distance trains can operate, journey times will be significantly longer.

Kind-hearted care home manager Christopher Dando and fundraising postie Evette Wakely travelled on a train named in their honour today as Great Western Railway celebrated their community heroics.

Great Western Railway has signed a deal with manufacturer Vivarail to trial new battery-charging technology on its network, paving the way for battery-only trains to run in regular passenger service in the future.

Vital repair work to a bridge near Yeoford will mean that train services between Crediton, Barnstaple and Okehampton will be replaced by buses from Saturday 19 to Sunday 27 February.