Great Western Railway

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British company train operating company

Great Western Railway is a major British train operating company providing intercity and regional rail services across western and southern England and South Wales.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Great Western Railway (historic company) 2
Great Western Railway (historic) 2
Great Western Railway (historical) 2

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British company ⓘ
train operating company ⓘ
brandingReferences Great Western Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: historic Great Western Railway
country United Kingdom ⓘ
fleetIncludes Class 150 train ⓘ
Class 158 Express Sprinter ⓘ
surface form: Class 158 train

Class 165 train ⓘ
Class 166 train ⓘ
Class 387 train ⓘ
Class 800 train ⓘ
Class 802 train ⓘ
Intercity Express Train ⓘ
formerName Great Western Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: First Great Western
headquartersLocation Swindon ⓘ
industry rail transport ⓘ
majorStationServed Bristol Temple Meads ⓘ
surface form: Bristol Temple Meads railway station

Cardiff Central railway station ⓘ
Cheltenham Spa railway station ⓘ
Exeter St Davids ⓘ
surface form: Exeter St Davids railway station

Gloucester railway station ⓘ
London Paddington ⓘ
surface form: London Paddington railway station

Newport railway station ⓘ
Oxford railway station ⓘ
Penzance ⓘ
surface form: Penzance railway station

Plymouth railway station ⓘ
Reading railway station ⓘ
Swindon railway station ⓘ
Worcester Foregate Street railway station ⓘ
nightServiceRoute Cornish Main Line ⓘ
surface form: London Paddington to Penzance
operatesFranchise Great Western franchise ⓘ
operatesInCountry England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
operatesInRegion South Wales ⓘ
southern England ⓘ
western England ⓘ
operatesNightService Night Riviera sleeper service ⓘ
operatorType franchised operator ⓘ
owns Great Western Railway website ⓘ
parentCompany FirstGroup ⓘ
primaryHub London Paddington ⓘ
surface form: London Paddington railway station
route Avon Valley Line ⓘ
Berks and Hants Line ⓘ
Cornish Main Line ⓘ
Cotswold Line ⓘ
Golden Valley Line ⓘ
Great Western Main Line ⓘ
Heart of Wessex Line ⓘ
Marshlink Line ⓘ
Cotswold Line ⓘ
surface form: North Cotswold Line

Riviera Line ⓘ
South Wales Main Line ⓘ
serviceType intercity rail services ⓘ
passenger rail services ⓘ
regional rail services ⓘ
ticketingSystem National Rail ⓘ

Referenced by (66)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Transport Act 1947 → abolishedEntities → Great Western Railway ⓘ
Marches Line → alsoServedBy → Great Western Railway ⓘ
Great Western Railway → brandingReferences → Great Western Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: historic Great Western Railway
Severn Tunnel → builder → Great Western Railway ⓘ
London, Midland and Scottish Railway → competitor → Great Western Railway ⓘ
LMS → concurrentWith → Great Western Railway ⓘ
Big Four (British railway companies) → consistsOf → Great Western Railway ⓘ
Railways Act 1921 → createdEntity → Great Western Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Western Railway (grouped company)
Isambard Kingdom Brunel → employer → Great Western Railway ⓘ
Great Western Railway → formerName → Great Western Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Great Western
Birmingham Snow Hill → formerOperator → Great Western Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Western Railway (historical)
London Paddington → formerTerminusOf → Great Western Railway ⓘ
Exeter St Davids → hasOperator → Great Western Railway ⓘ
Plymouth railway station → hasOperator → Great Western Railway ⓘ
Big Four (British railway companies) → hasPart → Great Western Railway ⓘ
West Sussex → hasRailOperator → Great Western Railway ⓘ
LGW → hasRailService → Great Western Railway ⓘ
subject surface form: London Gatwick Airport
Bristol Temple Meads → hasServiceOperator → Great Western Railway ⓘ
Hillingdon → hasTransport → Great Western Railway ⓘ
Bristol to Exeter Line → historicalOperator → Great Western Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Western Railway (original)
Bristol–Bath line → historicalOperator → Great Western Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Western Railway (historic)
Great Western Main Line → historicalOperator → Great Western Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Western Railway (historic company)
Severn Tunnel → historicalOperator → Great Western Railway ⓘ
Shrewsbury–Chester line → historicalOperator → Great Western Railway ⓘ
South Wales Main Line → historicalOperator → Great Western Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Western Railway (historic company)
Marches Line → historicallyPartOf → Great Western Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Western Railway network
Reading railway station → isMajorHubFor → Great Western Railway ⓘ
Isambard Kingdom Brunel → knownFor → Great Western Railway ⓘ
Swansea railway station → laterOperatedBy → Great Western Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Western Railway (historical)
Bridgend railway station → laterOperator → Great Western Railway ⓘ
Bath Spa railway station → managedBy → Great Western Railway ⓘ
Exeter St Davids → managedBy → Great Western Railway ⓘ
Plymouth railway station → managedBy → Great Western Railway ⓘ
Birmingham Moor Street → openedBy → Great Western Railway ⓘ
Bath Spa railway station → operatedBy → Great Western Railway ⓘ
Bristol Temple Meads → operatedBy → Great Western Railway ⓘ
Bristol to Exeter Line → operator → Great Western Railway ⓘ
Cardiff Central → operator → Great Western Railway ⓘ
Cardiff to Portsmouth Line → operator → Great Western Railway ⓘ
Great Western Main Line → operator → Great Western Railway ⓘ
Severn Beach Line → operator → Great Western Railway ⓘ
South Wales Main Line → operator → Great Western Railway ⓘ
Welsh Marches Line → operator → Great Western Railway ⓘ
Bristol Temple Meads → originalOperator → Great Western Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Western Railway (historic)
Hammersmith & City line → originalOperator → Great Western Railway ⓘ
Swansea railway station → otherOperator → Great Western Railway ⓘ
FirstGroup → owns → Great Western Railway ⓘ
Great Western Main Line → partOf → Great Western Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Western Railway network
British Rail → predecessor → Great Western Railway ⓘ