former Great Western Railway main lines

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historical transport infrastructure railway main line network

The former Great Western Railway main lines are the historic principal railway routes in western and southwestern Britain that once formed the core of the Great Western Railway network and later underpinned services in British Railways’ Western Region.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Great Western Railway main route to the West Country	1

Statements (31)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical transport infrastructure ⓘ railway main line network ⓘ
connectsCity	Bristol NERFINISHED ⓘ London NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectsRegion	South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ South West England NERFINISHED ⓘ West Midlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
electrificationStatus	partially electrified ⓘ
formedCoreOf	Great Western Railway network NERFINISHED ⓘ
gauge	standard gauge ⓘ
historicalGauge	broad gauge ⓘ
historicalOwner	Great Western Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ
infrastructureType	double-track railway ⓘ
laterOwner	British Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	southwestern Britain ⓘ western Britain ⓘ
notableEngineeringAssociation	Isambard Kingdom Brunel NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatorAtPeak	Great Western Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Great Western Railway network NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryFunction	long-distance passenger transport ⓘ
regionServed	Western Region of British Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ
secondaryFunction	freight transport ⓘ
status	historically reclassified under later operators ⓘ partly still in use ⓘ
successorOperator	British Railways Western Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
underpinnedServicesOf	British Railways Western Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy	British Railways Western Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Western Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

British Railways Western Region → usesInfrastructure → former Great Western Railway main lines ⓘ

Box Tunnel → partOf → former Great Western Railway main lines ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Western Railway main route to the West Country