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Great Western Railway (train operating company)
train operating company in Great Britain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
First Great Western, is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup, which has services in the west and south west of England and South Wales. It also runs the Night Riviera overnight train between London and Penzance.
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A Pair of FGW Class 800 Intercity Express Trains passing by Swindon | |||||
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Main region(s) | London, Thames Valley, South West England, South Wales | ||||
Other region(s) | West Midlands, South East England | ||||
Stations called at | over 270 | ||||
Stations operated | 197 | ||||
Route km operated | 2129.2 | ||||
National Rail abbreviation | GW | ||||
Parent company | FirstGroup | ||||
Website | www | ||||
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Near the end of January 2010, First Great Western said that an £8,000,000 refresh programme to their fleet of Class 166 Turbo DMU trains would happen. In February 2021, GWR announced to purchase Class 319 “FLEX” units to replace the 158, 387, 165 and 166.