Template:Infobox GWR

Great Western Railway
	File:Coat of arms of the Great Western Railway.png Coat-of-arms of the Great Western Railway, incorporating the shields, crests and mottoes of the cities of London (left) and Bristol (right)
History
1835	Act of Incorporation
1838	First train ran
1869–92	Template:Track gauge; changed to; Template:Track gauge
1903	Start of road motor services
1904	City of Truro sets speed record
1948	Nationalised
Constituent companies; See full list of constituents of the GWR
1854	Shrewsbury and Birmingham Ry; Shrewsbury and Chester Railway
1862	South Wales Railway
1863	West Midland Railway
1876	Bristol and Exeter Railway; South Devon Railway
1889	Cornwall Railway
1922	Rhymney Railway; Taff Vale Railway; Cambrian Railways
1923	Midland & S W Junction Railway
Successor organisation
1948	Western Region; of British Railways
Key locations
Headquarters	Paddington station, London
Workshops	Swindon; Wolverhampton
Major stations	Birmingham Snow Hill; Bristol Temple Meads; Cardiff General; London Paddington; Reading General
Route mileage; Mileage shown as at end of year stated.
1841	171 miles (275 km)
1863	1,106 miles (1,780 km)
1876	2,023 miles (3,256 km)
1899	2,504 miles (4,030 km)
1921	2,900 miles (4,700 km)
1924	3,797 miles (6,111 km)

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↑ MacDermot, E T (1927). "Appendix 1". History of the Great Western Railway, volume I 1833-1863. London: Great Western Railway. Reprinted 1982, Ian Allan, ISBN 0-7110-0411-0
↑ MacDermot, E T (1931). "Appendix 1". History of the Great Western Railway, volume II 1863-1921. London: Great Western Railway. Reprinted 1982, Ian Allan, ISBN 0-711004-12-9
↑ "A brief review of the Company's hundred years of business". Great Western Railway Magazine. Great Western Railway. 47 (9): 495–499. 1935.