First Great Western Link (FGWL) was a train operating company in England owned by FirstGroup that operated the Thames franchise from April 2004 until...
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in Great Western Holdings. In April 2006, First Great Western, First Great Western Link and Wessex Trains were combined into the new Greater Western franchise...
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Western Link or West Link may refer to: First Great Western Link, a train operating company in the United Kingdom Western HVDC Link, a high-voltage direct...
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1998, First bought out the other shareholders in Great Western Holdings. The business was rebranded from North Western Trains to First North Western in November...
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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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First Great Eastern was a train operating company in England owned by FirstGroup that operated the Great Eastern franchise from January 1997 until March...
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The Great Belt Bridge (Danish: Storebæltsbroen) or Great Belt fixed link (Danish: Storebæltsforbindelsen) is a multi-element fixed link crossing the Great...
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SS Great Western was a wooden-hulled paddle-wheel steamship with four masts, the first steamship purpose-built for crossing the Atlantic, and the initial...
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The Great Western Main Line (GWML) is a main line railway in England that runs westwards from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads. It connects to...
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South Western Railway (SWR; legal name First MTR South Western Trains Limited,) is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup (70%) and MTR...
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awarded the Great Western and North Western franchises, as well as a 100% shareholding in First Great Eastern. FirstGroup made its first overseas foray...
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British Rail Class 165 (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
franchise passed to First Great Western Link. In 2004, due to deliveries of new Class 180 Adelante units on sister company First Great Western, the five Class...
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Thames Trains (category Commons category link from Wikidata)
First with the services operated by Thames Trains transferring to First Great Western Link on 1 April 2004. Companies House extract company no 3147927 Victory...
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franchise to FirstGroup, with the services operated by First Great Western, First Great Western Link and Wessex Trains transferred to First Great Western on 1...
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Great Western Highway (also known as Broadway from Haymarket to Chippendale, Parramatta Road from Chippendale to Parramatta, and Church Street through...
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The Chicago Great Western Railway (reporting mark CGW) was a Class I railroad that linked Chicago, Minneapolis, Omaha, and Kansas City. It was founded...
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First Student, Inc. is a North American provider of school bus services. The company works with districts in 38 states and 7 Canadian provinces, carrying...
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Train operating company (redirect from Train operating companies in Great Britain)
by First Great Western Link and ScotRail (National Express) by First ScotRail. A new operator, Heathrow Connect, jointly run by BAA and First Great Western...
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British Rail Class 166 (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
Trains franchise passed to the First Great Western Link, and subsequently to First Great Western. In 2012, First Great Western took delivery of five Class...
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First Great Western until 2015 Great Western Holdings, a company formed in 1994 to bid (successfully) for the Great Western franchise Great Western was...
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Cradle of civilization (redirect from Cradle of Western civilization)
Revolution of Western Asia, triggering the development of settled communities, and the Urban revolution which also first emerged in Western Asia, which...
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Night Riviera (redirect from First Great Western Sleeper)
The Night Riviera is a sleeper train operated by Great Western Railway (GWR). It is one of only two sleeper services on the railway in the United Kingdom...
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The Western HVDC Link is a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) undersea electrical link in the United Kingdom, between Hunterston in Western Scotland and...
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attacks in Great Britain are many. During the 20th century, most attacks were carried out by various Irish Republican Army (IRA) groups and were linked to the...
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Chiltern Railways (category Commons category link from Wikidata)
on the Leamington Spa to Stratford-upon-Avon branch line from First Great Western Link. In June 2006, M40 Trains was invited by the Department for Transport...
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The Great Western Woodlands is located in the southwest of Australia. The woodlands cover almost 16,000,000 hectares (40,000,000 acres), a region larger...
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Heathrow Express (category Commons category link from Wikidata)
with a journey time of 15 minutes. The service is operated jointly by Great Western Railway and Heathrow Express Operating Company, a wholly owned subsidiary...
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World War I (redirect from First Great War)
in 1914 was to first defeat France, then transfer forces to the Russian front. However, this failed, and by the end of 1914, the Western Front consisted...
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Hull Trains (redirect from First Hull Trains)
180 Adelantes was undertaken at Old Oak Common Depot alongside First Great Western's fleet until this depot closed in 2018. Two sets (or occasionally...
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The First Great Western Turnpike, extending from Albany to Cherry Valley over a path similar to today's U.S. Route 20 (US 20) The Second Great Western Turnpike...
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