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<p>Correct coat-of-arms to logo; add Grouping and Centenary as significant events</p>
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| headerstyle = background:#ddd<br />
| title = [[Great Western Railway]]<br />
| image = [[File:Coat of arms of the Great Western Railway.png|frameless]]<br />
| caption = [[Logo]] of the Great Western Railway, incorporating the [[Escutcheon (heraldry)|shields]], [[Crest (heraldry)|crests]] and [[motto]]es of the cities of [[City of London Corporation|London]] ''(left)'' and [[Bristol City Council|Bristol]] ''(right)''<br />
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|header1 = History<br />
| label2 = 1835<br />
| data2 = [[Act of Parliament|Act]] of Incorporation<br />
| label3 = 1838<br />
| data3 = First train ran<br />
| label4 = 1869&ndash;92<br />
| data4 = {{Track gauge|84.25in|lk=on|al=on}}<br />[[Track gauge conversion|changed]] to<br />{{Track gauge|56.5in|allk=on}}<br />
| label5 = 1903<br />
| data5 = Start of [[GWR road motor services|road motor services]]<br />
| label6 = 1904<br />
| data6 = ''[[GWR 3700 Class 3440 City of Truro|City of Truro]]'' sets speed record<br />
| label7 = 1923<br />
| data7 = Keeps identity though the [[Railways Act 1921|Grouping]]<br />
| label8 = 1935<br />
| data8 = Centenary<br />
| label9 = 1948<br />
| data9 = [[Nationalisation|Nationalised]]<br />
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|header10 = Successor organisation<br />
| label11 = 1948<br />
| data11 = [[British Rail]], [[Western Region of British Railways|Western Region]]<br />
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|header20 = Constituent companies<br />
| data21 = <span style="font-size:95%;">See full [[list of constituents of the Great Western Railway|list of constituents of the GWR]]</span><br />
| label22 = 1854<br />
| data22 = [[Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway]]<br />[[Shrewsbury and Chester Railway]]<br />
| label23 = 1862<br />
| data23 = [[South Wales Railway]]<br />
| label24 = 1863<br />
| data24 = [[West Midland Railway]]<br />
| label25 = 1876<br />
| data25 = [[Bristol and Exeter Railway]]<br />[[South Devon Railway Company|South Devon Railway]]<br />
| label26 = 1889<br />
| data26 = [[Cornwall Railway]]<br />
| label27 = 1922<br />
| data27 = [[Rhymney Railway]]<br />[[Taff Vale Railway]]<br />[[Cambrian Railways]]<br />
| label28 = 1923<br />
| data28 = [[Midland and South Western Junction Railway|Midland & S W Junction Railway]]<br />
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|header30 = Key locations<br />
| label31 = Headquarters<br />
| data31 = [[London Paddington station|Paddington station]], London<br />
| label32 = Workshops<br />
| data32 = [[Swindon Works|Swindon]]<br />[[Wolverhampton railway works|Wolverhampton]]<br />
| label33 = Major stations<br />
| data33 = [[Birmingham Snow Hill railway station|Birmingham Snow Hill]]<br />[[Bristol Temple Meads railway station|Bristol Temple Meads]]<br />[[Cardiff Central railway station|Cardiff General]]<br />[[London Paddington station|London Paddington]]<br />[[Reading railway station|Reading General]]<br />
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|header40 = Route mileage<br />
| data41 = <span style="font-size:95%;">Mileage shown as at end of year stated</span><ref name=MacD1>{{cite book| last = MacDermot| first = E T| title = History of the Great Western Railway, volume I 1833-1863| publisher = Great Western Railway |year=1927 | location = London | chapter=Appendix 1 }} Reprinted 1982, Ian Allan, {{ISBN|0-7110-0411-0}}</ref><ref name=MacD2>{{cite book| last = MacDermot| first = E T| title = History of the Great Western Railway, volume II 1863-1921| publisher = Great Western Railway |year=1931 | location = London | chapter=Appendix 1 }} Reprinted 1982, Ian Allan, {{ISBN|0-711004-12-9}}</ref><ref name=GWCentenaryB>{{cite journal| title = A brief review of the Company's hundred years of business|journal = Great Western Railway Magazine| volume = 47| issue = 9| pages = 495–499| publisher = Great Western Railway| year = 1935}}</ref><br />
| label42 = 1841<br />
| data42 = {{convert|171|mi|km}}<br />
| label43 = 1863<br />
| data43 = {{convert|1106|mi|km}}<br />
| label44 = 1876<br />
| data44 = {{convert|2023|mi|km}}<br />
| label45 = 1899<br />
| data45 = {{convert|2504|mi|km}}<br />
| label46 = 1921<br />
| data46 = {{convert|2900|mi|km}}<br />
| label47 = 1924<br />
| data47 = {{convert|3797|mi|km}}<br />
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