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Parking at Kemble Station has recently doubled, following the completion of work on a new car park officially opened by HRH The Princess Royal.

Great Western Railway (GWR) has today introduced a new Off-Peak return fare from Banbury to London Paddington, allowing customers to save £13.50 and still be in London by 10:30.

Over 80% more seats and better trains between Bristol Parkway and Weston-super-Mare.

Network Rail will continue to modernise the railway in Bristol this November, with upgrade work affecting rail services for three weekends.

Great Western Railway’s brand new Intercity Express Train carried passengers for the first time today, marking the next stage in the biggest fleet upgrade on the Great Western in 40 years.

Great Western Railway is warning customers to avoid travel by rail this weekend on journeys that would normally pass through Reading as Network Rail carries out emergency engineering work in the Reading area at short notice.

Great Western Railway (GWR) will unveil a new menu on offer to customers using its Pullman services from later this month.

Parson Street station has celebrated its 90th anniversary with a special, free family event on Sunday 3 September. Visitors were able to see the Torbay Express steam train pass through the station at 0920, and watch the unveiling of a special commemorative plaque about the station’s history.

Applications for the third and final year of Great Western Railway’s £2.2 million community improvement fund must be submitted soon. Closing date Thursday 31 August.

Passengers in the South West are a step closer to experiencing new trains as Hitachi begins testing the Class 802 Intercity Express Train fleet.

Work which will enable improvements in line speeds to ease congestion on the railway into and out of Oxford has been completed as part of a £200 million upgrade programme, allowing services between Oxford, Didcot and Banbury to run as normal on Monday 31 July.

Reading’s Aldworth Philharmonic Orchestra (APO) stepped out from the comfort of the concert hall to present a free public event at Reading station on Saturday afternoon, 22 July.