Great Western Main Line

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intercity railway railway line

The Great Western Main Line is a major intercity railway route in England that connects London with key cities in the west, including Bristol and South Wales.

Aliases (1)

Great Western Main Line network ×2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	intercity railway → railway line →
alsoUsedFor	freight services →
connects	Bath → Bristol → Cardiff → Didcot → London → Newport NERFINISHED → Reading → South Wales → Swansea → Swindon →
country	England →
designer	Isambard Kingdom Brunel →
electrification	25 kV AC overhead line →
electrifiedSection	Bristol Parkway–Cardiff Central → Didcot Parkway–Swindon → London Paddington–Didcot Parkway → Swindon–Bristol Parkway →
formsCorridor	London–Bristol route → London–South Wales route →
gauge	standard gauge →
historicalOperator	Great Western Railway (historic company) →
historicalSignificance	principal route of the original Great Western Railway →
locatedIn	United Kingdom →
majorStation	Bristol Parkway railway station → Bristol Temple Meads railway station → Cardiff Central railway station → Didcot Parkway railway station → London Paddington railway station → Newport railway station → Reading railway station → Swansea railway station → Swindon railway station →
opened	19th century →
operator	Great Western Railway →
originalGauge	broad gauge →
owner	Network Rail →
partOf	Great Western Railway network →
primaryUse	passenger services →
regionServed	South Wales → South West England → Thames Valley →
terminus	Bristol Parkway railway station → Bristol Temple Meads railway station → Cardiff Central railway station → London Paddington railway station → Swansea railway station →

Referenced by (26)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bath → Bath Spa railway station → Bristol Temple Meads → Chippenham → Didcot → Slough →	railwayLine
Bristol to Exeter Line ("Great Western Main Line network") → Bristol–Bath line → South Wales Main Line ("Great Western Main Line network") →	partOf
South East Wales → Southwest England →	hasTransportCorridor
Ealing, London → Newbury, Berkshire →	servedByRailLine
South Wales Main Line →	connectsTo
Somerset →	containsTransportInfrastructure
Reading railway station →	isKeyInterchangeOn
Heathrow Express →	lineUsed
Reading railway station →	locatedOn
Exeter St Davids →	onLine
London Paddington →	partOfNetwork
Newport railway station →	railNetwork
Great Western Railway →	route
Newport →	servedBy
Reading →	servedByRailLines
Maidenhead →	servedByRailwayLine
Newport, Wales →	transport