In the 2010s Network Rail modernised the Great Western Main Line, the South Wales Main Line, and other associated lines. The modernisation plans were announced...
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The Great Western Main Line (GWML) is a main line railway in England that runs between London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads. It connects to other...
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Midland Main Line (MML), a major railway line in the United Kingdom, has been undergoing various upgrades since 2015. The current programme of upgrades began...
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Ealing Broadway station (category Great Western Main Line)
Elizabeth line services on the National Rail Great Western Main Line. On the London Underground, it is one of three western termini of the District line, the...
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the Great Western Railway's main line from London Paddington to Birmingham Snow Hill, Wolverhampton Low Level and Birkenhead Woodside. Most main line services...
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Tilehurst railway station (category Great Western Main Line)
on the Great Western Main Line between Reading to the east and Pangbourne to the west; it is served by local services operated by Great Western Railway...
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Central railway station, which was electrified as part of the Great Western Main Line upgrade, and was completed in 2020. Plans to extend the electrification...
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services using parts of the line. The Midland Main Line is undergoing a major upgrade of new digital signalling and full line electrification from London...
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Western Main Line to and from the West of England and South Wales, inter-city services from London to the West Country via the Reading–Taunton line,...
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Railway East Coast Main Line Great Central Main Line Highland Main Line Irish Sea tunnel Midland Main Line Midland Main Line railway upgrade Portpatrick Railway...
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Acton Main Line is a railway station on the Great Western Main Line, in Acton, west London, England. Located 4 miles 21 chains (6.9 km) down the line from...
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The route shares parts of the Great Western Main Line, Midland Main Line, Sheffield to Hull Line, the East Coast Main Line and the core Cardiff-Bristol-Birmingham-Derby...
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East West Rail (redirect from East West Main Line)
Vale line") is planned for the 2025–2030 period. From Oxford, the existing Cherwell Valley line provides a link to the Great Western Main Line (at Didcot...
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Northern Hub, Great Western Main Line, South Wales Main Line, Midland Main Line, Electric Spine, Crossrail, Gospel Oak to Barking line and West Midlands...
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Reading railway station (category Great Western Main Line)
by four train operating companies: Great Western Railway, CrossCountry, South Western Railway and the Elizabeth line. The first Reading station was opened...
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Yatton railway station (category Former Great Western Railway stations)
Taunton. The line is not currently electrified, and there is local support for electrification as an extension of the Great Western Main Line upgrade programme...
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The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales...
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Newbury railway station (category Former Great Western Railway stations)
and other parts of Devon and Cornwall. All services are operated by Great Western Railway. The station was formerly a junction with both the north–south...
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Great Western Main Line west of Paddington station to Abbey Wood and via Whitechapel to the Great Eastern Main Line near Stratford; along the Great Western...
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are on the line. The line is a key transport artery on the eastern side of Great Britain running broadly parallel to the A1 road. The main line acts as a...
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The Great Eastern Main Line (GEML, sometimes referred to as the East Anglia Main Line) is a 114.5-mile (184.3 km) major railway line on the British railway...
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Wales Main Line (Welsh: Prif Linell Gogledd Cymru or Prif Linell y Gogledd; lit. 'north main line'), also known as the North Wales Coast Line (Welsh:...
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British Rail Class 165 (section Great Western Railway)
upgraded lavatory facilities flooring stripped and replaced In 2012, First Great Western took delivery of Class 180 Adelante units for Cotswold Line services...
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Electric Spine (section Electrification of the Great Western Main Line and the Reading to Basingstoke Line)
thus the Great Western Main Line), Chiltern Main Line, West Coast Main Line, Midland Main Line, East Coast Main Line, West Anglia Main Line). As originally...
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London Paddington station (category Great Western Main Line)
terminus of services provided by the Great Western Railway and its successors since 1838. Much of the main line station dates from 1854 and was designed...
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Gatwick Airport railway station (category Railway stations served by Great Western Railway)
station is on the Brighton Main Line in West Sussex, England. It serves Gatwick Airport, 26 miles 47 chains (42.8 km) down the line from London Bridge via...
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desire for a longer-term contract due to the impending upgrade to the Great Western Main Line. In January 2013, the government announced the franchise...
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on the relief lines. The Great Western Main Line from London to Cardiff was electrified as part of the Great Western Main Line electrification scheme....
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Usk Railway Bridge (redirect from Great Western Railway Usk bridge)
upgrade of the Great Western Main Line. The origins of the Great Western Railway Usk bridge are closely connected with the early history of the Great...
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Quainton Road railway station (category Metropolitan line stations)
in 1871 with the opening of the line to Brill. In 1899, it became a main line station with the opening of the Great Central Railway London extension...
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