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BBC Make A Difference Superstars Henry Cleary, eight, left, and Lincoln Callaghan, six, have become the youngest to have their names on the side of a train

Dynamic duo become youngest ever to have train named in their honour

Two mini-marvels have become the youngest ever to have their names on the side of a train as Great Western Railway celebrated their fundraising heroics.

Customers at Bristol Temple Meads

Just one week to go before timetable changes in the Bristol area

Passengers urged to plan ahead and check before they travel

Joanna Lumley, Vice Patron of the Gurkha Welfare Trust with the Tulbahadur Pun named train.

Great Western Railway names train in honour of Gurkha soldier awarded the Victoria Cross

Great Western Railway has named a train in honour of Tulbahadur Pun, one of only 13 Gurkha soldiers to have received the Victoria Cross.

Departure board Paddington

GWR launches new Flexi Season tickets offering at least 20% savings for commuters

Train operator Great Western Railway has published further details of its government backed Flexi Season tickets due to go on sale from today.

Newbury north side

Exciting new plans for Newbury station redevelopment submitted to council

Exciting plans for the redevelopment of Newbury station have moved a step further after Great Western Railway submitted their application for new business growth units on the south side of the station.

GWR Online Safe Spaces

GWR provides online support for domestic abuse victims

Great Western Railway has further strengthened its support for people experiencing domestic abuse by signing up to provide vital help at the touch of button.

Okehampton last train June 3 1972 Picture by Bernard Mills

Okehampton photograph stirs memories – but do you recognise any of these people?

1972: It was the year the Watergate Scandal broke, Emmerdale Farm first appeared on our TV screens, Mary Peters won pentathlon gold at the Munich Olympics – and the last regular passenger train left Okehampton.

Taunton cycle parking and MSCP entrance

New multistorey car park opens at Taunton station bringing development closer to completion.

A new 400 space multistorey car park at Taunton station has opened today, a month after the new ticket office welcomed travellers for the first time, a major milestone in the multimillion-pound station regeneration project.

IET North Cots

Rail improvements to impact journeys on the Cotswolds Line

Plans to carry out track improvement, and bridge refurbishment, work will see the railway line between Moreton-in-Marsh and Worcester Shrub Hill closed for seven days from this weekend.

IET Bristol

Just 50 days to go before work intensifies to transform Bristol Temple Meads and the railway serving the area

There are just 50 days to go before work intensifies to transform Bristol Temple Meads, and the railway serving the area – paving the way for more train services to move more people, more reliably.

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Hitachi Rail and rail industry agree service recovery plan to get trains back

Hitachi Rail, train operators, and government have agreed, with oversight from the Office of Rail and Road, a service recovery plan to safely reintroduce more 800 Series and 385 Series trains to the network.

Ken Rees train Swansea 3

Pilot who dug tunnel in the ‘Great Escape’ has train named in his honour by GWR

A Second World War pilot who played a vital part in the ‘Great Escape’ from a German prisoner-of-war camp has had a train named in his honour by Great Western Railway.