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Great Western Railway win top rail accolades

Great Western Railway win top rail accolades

Great Western Railway has scooped two top prizes at this year’s Rail Business Awards, the industry’s most recognised awards scheme. 

Trewoon bridge St Austell

Rail improvement works taking place in East Cornwall

Upgrade work to improve the railway in Cornwall will continue from Monday 1 March affecting rail services between Plymouth and Cornwall.

GWR partners with Olio to help combat food waste

GWR partners with Olio to help combat food waste

Great Western Railway (GWR) has launched an exciting new scheme to help tackle food waste in the rail industry, while supporting families in need. 

Brain Train

Take a ride on the GWR Brain Train from the safety of home

Train operator Great Western Railway has devised another set of brain-teasing questions to help home-schooling parents keep their children educated and #enterTrained.

GWR invites Valentine messages

GWR invites St Valentine’s Day messages for virtual ‘Love Train’

Great Western Railway is playing Cupid this St Valentine’s Day by offering its social media channels as a platform for people to share declarations of love.

Newbury Racecourse IET

Extra trains to help vaccine roll-out

Great Western Railway is providing 17 extra trains a day to Newbury Racecourse to help with the roll-out of the coronavirus vaccine.

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GWR marks Holocaust Memorial Day by illuminating statue of the ‘British Schindler’

Great Western Railway has lit up a statue of the man known as the ‘British Schindler’ to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.

GWR Zoom call

Cheers to a cuppa on Zoom as Great Western Railway marks Brew Monday

Great Western Railway has gone virtual in support of Samaritans’ Brew Monday campaign to encourage people to connect over a cuppa on what is thought to be the most difficult day of the year.

Customer CIS

Coronavirus travel update – reduced timetable to remain in place

GWR has announced that it will continue to operate a reduced timetable and will further review service provision in light of the Government’s latest national lockdown announcement. 

12 days of Christmas causes

GWR to give charities a boost for Twelve Days of Christmas

Partridges and pear trees will be replaced by charities this year as Great Western Railway (GWR) celebrates the Twelve Days of Christmas a little differently.
Captain Tom named train

Great Western Railway wish Captain Tom ‘Happy Christmas’ by knighting his train

Great Western Railway (GWR) has added Captain Tom’s knighthood to the train named after the Covid-19 fundraising hero.
Pat Kemp

GWR stalwart signals end to 55-year career at Reading station

It was the year England won the World Cup – and the year Great Western Railway’s Pat Kemp began a lifelong career at Reading station.