Editing Template:Infobox GWR

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| title  = [[Great Western Railway]]
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| image   = [[File:Coat of arms of the Great Western Railway.png|frameless]]
| caption = [[Coat-of-arms]] of the Great Western Railway, incorporating the [[Escutcheon (heraldry)|shields]], [[Crest (heraldry)|crests]] and [[motto]]es of the cities of [[City of London Corporation|London]] ''(left)'' and [[Bristol City Council|Bristol]] ''(right)''
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| header1 = History

| label2   = 1835
| data2    = [[Act of Parliament|Act]] of Incorporation
| label3   = 1838
| data3    = First train ran
| label4   = 1869–92
| data4    = {{Track gauge|84.25in|lk=on|al=on}}<br />[[Track gauge conversion|changed]] to<br />{{Track gauge|56.5in|allk=on}}
| label5   = 1903
| data5    = Start of [[GWR road motor services|road motor services]]
| label6   = 1904
| data6    = ''[[GWR 3700 Class 3440 City of Truro|City of Truro]]'' sets speed record
| label7   = 1948
| data7    = [[Nationalisation|Nationalised]]
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| header8  = Constituent companies<br /><small>See full [[list of constituents of the Great Western Railway|list of constituents of the GWR]]</small>
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| label9   = 1854
| data9    = [[Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway|Shrewsbury and Birmingham Ry]]<br />[[Shrewsbury and Chester Railway]]
| label10  = 1862
| data10   = [[South Wales Railway]]
| label11  = 1863
| data11   = [[West Midland Railway]]
| label12  = 1876
| data12   = [[Bristol and Exeter Railway]]<br />[[South Devon Railway Company|South Devon Railway]]
| label13  = 1889
| data13   = [[Cornwall Railway]]
| label14  = 1922
| data14   = [[Rhymney Railway]]<br />[[Taff Vale Railway]]<br />[[Cambrian Railways]]
| label15  = 1923
| data15   = [[Midland and South Western Junction Railway|Midland & S W Junction Railway]]
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| header16 = Successor organisation
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| label17  = 1948
| data17   = [[Western Region of British Railways|Western Region]]<br />of [[British Railways]]
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| header18 = Key locations
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| label19  = Headquarters
| data19   = Paddington station, [[London]]
| label20  = Workshops
| data20   = [[Swindon railway works|Swindon]]<br />[[Wolverhampton railway works|Wolverhampton]]
| label21  = Major stations
| data21   = [[Birmingham Snow Hill railway station|Birmingham Snow Hill]]<br />[[Bristol Temple Meads railway station|Bristol Temple Meads]]<br />[[Cardiff Central railway station|Cardiff General]]<br />[[Paddington station|London Paddington]]<br />[[Reading railway station|Reading General]]
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| header22 = Route mileage<br /><small>Mileage shown as at end of year stated.<ref name=MacD1>{{cite book| last = MacDermot| first = E T| title = History of the Great Western Railway, volume I 1833-1863| publisher = Great Western Railway |year=1927 | location = London | chapter=Appendix 1 |ref=harv }} Reprinted 1982, Ian Allan, {{ISBN|0-7110-0411-0}}</ref><ref name=MacD2>{{cite book| last = MacDermot| first = E T| title = History of the Great Western Railway, volume II 1863-1921| publisher = Great Western Railway |year=1931 | location = London | chapter=Appendix 1 |ref=harv }} Reprinted 1982, Ian Allan, {{ISBN|0-711004-12-9}}</ref><ref name=GWCentenaryB>{{cite journal| title = A brief review of the Company's hundred years of business|journal = Great Western Railway Magazine| volume = 47| issue = 9| pages = 495–499| publisher = Great Western Railway| year = 1935}}</ref></small>
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| label23  = 1841
| data23   = {{convert|171|mi|km}}
| label24  = 1863
| data24   = {{convert|1106|mi|km}}
| label25  = 1876
| data25   = {{convert|2023|mi|km}}
| label26  = 1899
| data26   = {{convert|2504|mi|km}}
| label27  = 1921
| data27   = {{convert|2900|mi|km}}
| label28  = 1924
| data28   = {{convert|3797|mi|km}}

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