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The new FGW Hitachi train at Reading station, to celebrate 175 years of trains connecting Bristol and London.....The first leg of the event will be on-board a GWR HST from Bristol to Reading, and to mark the greatest investment in the Great Western Main COMMUTERS from Wiltshire were today urged not to attempt to travel to London after Great Western Railway services cancelled some of its long-distance services. The cancellation of many routes in the UK came after hairline cracks were found in a number of its Hitachi high-speed trains. A GWR spokesman Dan Panes said cracks were found in H...

A train named in honour of Sir Captain Tom Moore stopped off in Swindon on what would have been his 101st birthday. The Intercity Express Train 800025 arrived at platform 4 at 7.12pm on Friday and set off for the next stage of its journey two minutes later. This formed part of an epic challenge for the train to make100 stops at stations across the GWR network in just over 40 hours, covering nearly 1,500 miles. The Captain Tom Centennial passenger service started from London Paddington at 6.37am on Friday and took in routes to Penzance, Swansea, Hereford and Bristol Temple Meads. GWR...

Great Western Railway will send the Captain Tom Centennial on an epic journey as part of the Captain Tom 100 challenge.

Swindon’s Great Western Railway has scooped two top prizes at this year’s Rail Business Awards, the industry’s most recognised awards scheme. The company was shortlisted in three categories and won the top awards in Marketing and Communications Excellence for its That’s EnterTrainment campaign, and in Rolling Stock Excellence for repurposing high-speed trains to 'castle class'. GWR head of communications Dan Panes said: “It was a truly fun experience that has to be top of the list for anything in the last 12 months. I’m really proud of the team and what they have achieved.�...