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| headerstyle = background:#ddd
| title = [[Great Western Railway]]
| image1  = [[File:Coat of arms of the Great Western Railway.svg|frameless|upright=0.75]]
| caption1 = [[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)''
| image2  = [[File:Map_of_Great_Western_Railway_1920.jpg|frameless]]
| caption2 = Map of the railway pre-grouping (1920)
| image3  = [[File:Map_of_Great_Western_Railway_1926.jpg|frameless]]
| caption3 = Map of the railway post-grouping (1926)
|header1  = History
| label2  = 1835
|  data2  = [[Act of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Act]] of incorporation
| label3  = 1838
|  data3  = First train ran
| label4  = 1869&ndash;92
|  data4  = {{Track gauge|84.25in|lk=on|al=on}}<br />[[Track gauge conversion|changed]] to<br />{{Track gauge|56.5in|allk=on}}
| label5  = 1903
|  data5  = Start of [[GWR road motor services|road motor services]]
| label7  = 1923
|  data7  = Keeps identity though the [[Railways Act 1921|Grouping]]
| label8  = 1935
|  data8  = Centenary
| label9  = 1948
|  data9  = [[Transport Act 1947|Nationalised]]

|header10 = Successor organisation
| label11 = 1948
|  data11 = [[British Rail]], [[Western Region of British Railways|Western Region]]

{{collapsed infobox section begin|Constituent companies|titlestyle=background-color:#ddd}}
| data21  = <span style="font-size:95%;">See full [[list of constituents of the Great Western Railway|list of constituents of the GWR]]</span>
| label22 = 1854
|  data22 = [[Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway]]<br />[[Shrewsbury and Chester Railway]]
| label23 = 1862
|  data23 = [[South Wales Railway]]
| label24 = 1863
|  data24 = [[West Midland Railway]]
| label25 = 1876
|  data25 = [[Bristol and Exeter Railway]]<br />[[South Devon Railway Company|South Devon Railway]]
| label26 = 1889
|  data26 = [[Cornwall Railway]]
| label27 = 1922
|  data27 = [[Rhymney Railway]]<br />[[Taff Vale Railway]]<br />[[Cambrian Railways]]
| label28 = 1923
|  data28 = [[Midland and South Western Junction Railway|Midland & S W Junction Railway]]
{{collapsed infobox section end}}

|header30 = Key locations
| label31 = Headquarters
|  data31 = [[London Paddington station|Paddington station]], London
| label32 = Locale
|  data32 = England; Wales
| label33 = Workshops
|  data33 = [[Swindon Works|Swindon]]<br />[[Wolverhampton railway works|Wolverhampton]]
| label34 = Major stations
|  data34 = [[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]]

{{collapsed infobox section begin|Route mileage|titlestyle=background-color:#ddd}}
|  data42 = <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><ref name="RYB1920">{{Cite book |title=The Railway Year Book for 1920 |publisher=The Railway Publishing Company Limited |year=1920 |location=London |pages=154}}</ref><ref name="RYB1926">{{Cite book |title=The Railway Year Book for 1926 |publisher=The Railway Publishing Company Limited |year=1926 |location=London |pages=154–172}}</ref>
| label43 = 1841
|  data43 = {{convert|171|mi|km}}
| label44 = 1863
|  data44 = {{convert|1106|mi|km}}
| label45 = 1876
|  data45 = {{convert|2023|mi|km}}
| label46 = 1899
|  data46 = {{convert|2504|mi|km}}
| label47 = 1919
|  data47 = {{convert|2996|mi|68|chain}}
| label48 = 1921
|  data48 = {{convert|3005|mi|km}}
| label49 = 1924
|  data49 = {{convert|3797|mi|km}}
| label50 = 1925
|  data50 = {{convert|3819|mi|69|chain}}
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