Great Western Railway (train operating company) (English Wikipedia)

"Station information". First Great Western. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
"New Rail Franchise Begins" (Press release). First Great Western. 1 April 2004. Archived from the original on 16 November 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2008.
"First Great Western homepage". Archived from the original on 24 November 2009.
"Chief Operating Officer Statement". First Great Western. 26 February 2008. Archived from the original on 1 March 2008. Retrieved 26 March 2008.
"London & Thames Valley Refresh". First Great Western. 2008. Archived from the original on 14 November 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2008.
"Class 158 Reformations, Customer Panel Meeting Minutes". First Great Western. 19 May 2010. Archived from the original on 17 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
"West Fleet Refurbishment". First Great Western. 2007. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 14 February 2012.

firstgroup.com

Annual Report 31 March 1999 (PDF) (Report). FirstGroup plc. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2008.
"Award of The Greater Western & Thameslink/Great Northern Franchises" (Press release). FirstGroup. 13 December 2005. Archived from the original on 20 December 2007. Retrieved 25 September 2007.

fotopic.net

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"The first unit to be reliveried 166220". 4 October 2006. Retrieved 10 October 2006.^{[permanent dead link]}

gazetteandherald.co.uk

"First Great Western to become a thing of the past as Great Western Railway launched". Wiltshire Gazette & Herald. Trowbridge. 20 September 2015.

globalrailwayreview.com

"Modern trains and new technology for Bristol rail passengers". Global Railway Review. 11 July 2017.

gov.uk

"Rail franchising future programme" (Press release). Department for Transport. 31 January 2013.
"Critical rail services protected in new GWR and Southeastern" (Press release). Department for Transport. 30 March 2020.
"New fleet of trains to bring better journeys to the south west" (Press release). Department for Transport. 30 July 2015.
"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"The future of the Great Western franchise" (Press release). Department for Transport. 29 November 2017.
"Critical rail services protected in new deals for GWR and Southeastern". gov.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

gwr.com

"Train Times". Swindon: Great Western Railway. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
"First Class Train Travel and Tickets". Great Western Railway. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
"New Intercity Express Train carries passengers for the first time" (Press release). Great Western Railway. 21 August 2018. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
"New Electrostar Commuter Trains". Great Western Railway. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
"Great Western Railway receives the UK's first tri-mode train" (Press release). Great Western Railway. 26 August 2020. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020.
"GWR responds to DfT announcement to extend GWR franchise" (Press release). Great Western Railway. 29 November 2017.

hitachirail-eu.com

"AT300 for the West of England". Hitachi Rail Europe. 2015. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2015.

independent.co.uk

Ramesh, Randeep (7 March 1998). "Rail bosses cash in on privatised gravy train". The Independent. London.
Hargreaves, Clare (1 August 2014). "Restaurateur Mitch Tonks has given the Great Western Pullman dining car a makeover". The Independent. London. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
Whitehead, Joanna (18 July 2018). "Disabled woman 'humiliated by train guard' with announcement over tannoy". The Independent. London.

inews.co.uk

Finnis, Alex (20 June 2022). "The dates of the train, Tube and bus strikes this week, and how services will be affected". i. London: Daily Mail and General Trust. Retrieved 24 June 2022.

itv.com

"Disabled comedian Tanyalee Davis rejects apology from Great Western Railway after 'humiliation'". ITV News. 17 July 2018. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2018.

necoastliners.co.uk

"Grand Central 180 Fleet Update". North East Coastliners. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.

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"Bristol Temple Meads update" (PDF). Network Rail. September 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.

networkrail.co.uk

"Modernising the Great Western route". Network Rail. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2015.

northdevongazette.co.uk

Gussin, Tony (16 December 2019). "New trains start work on the Barnstaple to Exeter Tarka Line". North Devon Gazette. Barnstaple. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.

parliament.uk

Railway Organisations Research Paper 99/80 (PDF), House of Commons Library, 20 September 1999

pressreader.com

"Great Western Railway to replace 57/6s on sleepers....but not yet". Rail Magazine. 28 February 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2023.

publishing.service.gov.uk

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"First Greater Western Limited 2022 national rail contract" (PDF). Department for Transport. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2023.

railadvent.co.uk

Holden, Michael (21 January 2022). "Suppliers sought for new Bi-Mode locomotives for TransPennine Express and Great Western Railway". Rail Advent. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
Holden, Michael (9 December 2018). "Farewell Old Oak Common TMD (1906–2018)". RailAdvent. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

railjournal.com

Preston, Robert (17 February 2023). "Great Western Railway purchases Vivarail assets". International Railway Journal. Retrieved 18 February 2023.

railmagazine.com

Clinnick, Richard (6 December 2017). "Does Great Western Railway's Class 800 IET pass the test?". Rail. Peterborough. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
"Hitachi targets next year for testing of tri-mode IET". Rail Magazine. Peterborough. 6 January 2021.
"Great Western Railway calls time on long-distance HSTs". Rail. Peterborough. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
Clinnick, Richard (30 August 2016). "GWR shows off the first of its new Class 387 EMUs". Rail. Peterborough. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
"GWR runs first bi-mode IEP Class 800 to Paddington". Rail. Peterborough. 29 June 2016.

railnews.co.uk

"Great Western franchise to be extended". RailNews. Wellingborough. 19 July 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
"First celebrates last-minute Great Western deal". Railnews. Wellingborough. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
"Updated franchise schedule signals GW extension". Railnews. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
"Industry reveals Intercity Express recovery plan". Railnews. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
"Adelantes return to Great Western". Railnews. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
"Adelantes return to Great Western". Railnews. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2016.

railwaygazette.com

"FirstGroup says new Great Western contract has appropriate balance of risk and reward". Railway Gazette International. London. 30 March 2020. Archived from the original on 1 April 2020.
"GWR to manage Heathrow Express service". Railway Gazette. 28 March 2018. Archived from the original on 1 April 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
"GWR to lease Class 769 Flex 'trimode' trainsets". Railway Gazette International. London. 20 April 2018. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
"GWR fleet to shrink further as it abandons Class 769 introduction". Railway Gazette International. London. 23 December 2022.

railwaymagazine.co.uk

"FGW offers £7 million loco-hauled contract". The Railway Magazine. 28 May 2013. Archived from the original on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.

rmt.org.uk

"RMT confirms strike action by cleaners on GWR" (Press release). RMT. 12 October 2016.
"GWR Servest cleaners striking for pay" (Press release). RMT. 19 January 2017.
"RMT prepared to suspend strike action" (Press release). RMT. 16 January 2017.
"Rates of pay and cojnditions of service 2017". RMT. 11 July 2017.

swindonadvertiser.co.uk

Benke, Mike (23 March 2015). "First Great Western extend franchise until 2019 - largest train fleet upgrade in generation". Swindon Advertiser. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
Davy-Osborne, Stephen (4 October 2016). "GWR celebrates 40 years of HST". Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved 6 August 2017.

tauntontrains.co.uk

"Taunton Trains Loco-Hauled Info". Taunton Trains. 27 April 2011. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
"GWR Class 150/1's transfer to Northern Trains". Taunton Trains. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018. Great Western Railway Class 150/1s (which were originally inherited from Central Trains and Silverlink Trains) are now in the process of being transferred to Northern Trains.
"HST". Taunton Trains. Retrieved 3 June 2019.

tfl.gov.uk

"TfL to operate Heathrow Connect services ahead of Elizabeth Line opening" (Press release). Transport for London. 18 May 2018.
"TfL Rail to operate services to Reading from 15 December" (Press release). Transport for London. 26 September 2019.

theconstructionindex.co.uk

"Costain/Hochtief chosen for Reading station rebuild".

theengineer.co.uk

"Bombardier awarded £138 million". The Engineer. 7 June 2006. Archived from the original on 29 December 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2012.

theguardian.com

Bellos, Alex (20 September 1997). "The passenger train". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
Milmo, Dan (13 March 2011). "FirstGroup may give up First Great Western franchise three years early". The Observer. London. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
Topham, Gwyn (10 October 2014). "FirstGroup wins Great Western contract extension". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
Anonymous (21 December 2016). "I'm a cleaner on GWR trains. We're striking because we're treated unfairly -". The Guardian. London.

therailwayhub.co.uk

Hub, The Railway (3 September 2019). "GWR gives 'Castle' names to its HST power cars... and revives Class 255 designation". The Railway Hub. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
"GWR gives 'Castle' names to its HST power cars... and revives Class 255 designation". The Railway Hub. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2020.

walesonline.co.uk

"Wales loses new trains - again". Wales Online. 31 March 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
Mosalski, Ruth (14 June 2019). "The very old trains coming back to the Valleys Lines". walesonline. Retrieved 1 January 2020.

web.archive.org

"Station information". First Great Western. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
"New Rail Franchise Begins" (Press release). First Great Western. 1 April 2004. Archived from the original on 16 November 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2008.
"First Great Western homepage". Archived from the original on 24 November 2009.
"First Great Western unveils refurbished first class carriages". Business Traveller. 28 May 2018. Archived from the original on 28 May 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
Benke, Mike (23 March 2015). "First Great Western extend franchise until 2019 - largest train fleet upgrade in generation". Swindon Advertiser. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
"FirstGroup says new Great Western contract has appropriate balance of risk and reward". Railway Gazette International. London. 30 March 2020. Archived from the original on 1 April 2020.
"First Class Train Travel and Tickets". Great Western Railway. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
"Disabled comedian Tanyalee Davis rejects apology from Great Western Railway after 'humiliation'". ITV News. 17 July 2018. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
"New Intercity Express Train carries passengers for the first time" (Press release). Great Western Railway. 21 August 2018. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
"Chief Operating Officer Statement". First Great Western. 26 February 2008. Archived from the original on 1 March 2008. Retrieved 26 March 2008.
"London & Thames Valley Refresh". First Great Western. 2008. Archived from the original on 14 November 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2008.
"GWR to manage Heathrow Express service". Railway Gazette. 28 March 2018. Archived from the original on 1 April 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
"Modernising the Great Western route". Network Rail. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
"Bombardier awarded £138 million". The Engineer. 7 June 2006. Archived from the original on 29 December 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
"Class 158 Reformations, Customer Panel Meeting Minutes". First Great Western. 19 May 2010. Archived from the original on 17 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
"West Fleet Refurbishment". First Great Western. 2007. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
"Preview of the first refurbished Class 158". TheRailwayCentre.com. 26 September 2007. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 6 October 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
Gussin, Tony (16 December 2019). "New trains start work on the Barnstaple to Exeter Tarka Line". North Devon Gazette. Barnstaple. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
"Bristol Temple Meads update" (PDF). Network Rail. September 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
"AT300 for the West of England". Hitachi Rail Europe. 2015. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
"Taunton Trains Loco-Hauled Info". Taunton Trains. 27 April 2011. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
"FGW offers £7 million loco-hauled contract". The Railway Magazine. 28 May 2013. Archived from the original on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"GWR to lease Class 769 Flex 'trimode' trainsets". Railway Gazette International. London. 20 April 2018. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
"Great Western Railway receives the UK's first tri-mode train" (Press release). Great Western Railway. 26 August 2020. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020.
"Great Western Railway". 125 group. Archived from the original on 26 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.

webarchive.org.uk

Annual Report 31 March 1999 (PDF) (Report). FirstGroup plc. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2008.

wnxx.com

"MTU / HST Power Car Re-engineering Program". wnxx. Retrieved 24 July 2008.

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"First Class 800 'Super Express Train' arrives in the UK". The Railway Magazine. Vol. 161, no. 1369. Horncastle, Lincs. 1 April 2015. pp. 6–7. ISSN 0033-8923.