Great Western Railway

The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. It was founded in 1833, kept its identity through the 1923 grouping, and became part of British Railways at nationalisation in 1948. Known admiringly to some as "God's Wonderful Railway", jocularly to others as the "Great Way Round" (some of its earliest routes were not the most direct), and by some as the "Goes When Ready" due to the casual way in which some of its branch lines were run, it gained great fame as the "Holiday Railway", taking huge numbers of people to resorts in the southwest. The company's best-known livery was Brunswick green for the locomotives (above Indian red, later black, frames) and two-tone "chocolate and cream" for the carriages.

Related Topics:
British railway company - South West England - West Country - Wales - London - 1833 - 1923 - Grouping - British Rail - Nationalisation - 1948

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