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Allow time for your journey and charge your phone. With two new fleets of trains now in full service those travelling to the Reading Festival can take advantage of thousands more seats than ever before.

Train operator Great Western Railway will be giving Cornwall Pride partygoers the star treatment this weekend.

Increasing environmental awareness has left 3 in 5 considering whether to boycott flying, and 37 million Brits* are looking to holiday in the UK this summer rather than travel abroad, new research has revealed.

Travelling to Cardiff’s Principality Stadium for Kick Off at 1415? GWR will run 29 trains to help get fans home after the Wales v England Rugby World Cup Warm-up this coming Saturday, but is warning customers that they may have to queue for trains immediately after the game.

Emergency services share their skills at Slough and Maidenhead Stations

More train seats than ever before but customer reminded not to take surfboards

Applications are now being invited for the 2020/21 round of funding from a local community improvement fund.

A charity railtour on 1 June 2019, called The Flying Banana, has raised £30,000 for FirstGroup’s charity partner, Action for Children.

Train services in the Thames Valley will be transformed from December as GWR speeds up its timetable offering faster journey times, more seats and more frequent service

In anticipation of significant high temperatures on Thursday 25 July, train company GWR is warning customers that they expect to run a reduced service after midday, and those travelling should check before they do so.

Gloucester train services will be transformed from December, as Great Western Railway speeds up its timetable and create 5,000 additional seats every day in the biggest change to the timetable since the 1970s.

Oxford and the North Cotswold train services will be transformed from December, as Great Western Railway speeds up its timetable, offering faster journey times and more frequent services to key locations.