The South West
This area includes the Great Western Main Line and its branches, covering the route from London Paddington to Penzance, through Bristol and onto Pilning, up to the boundaries with Wales, Worcester and Basingstoke. It operates and maintains over 900 miles of track, enabling the running of over 2,000 services a day. Train operators include Great Western Railway, South West Railway, CrossCountry, Chiltern Railways and Heathrow Express.
Latest news for this route
Passengers travelling between Gloucester and Chepstow urged to check before travelling this May
Passengers are advised to check their journeys between Gloucester and Chepstow ahead of essential engineering work in May.
Plan ahead: Rail journeys to be affected by track upgrade work in Gloucestershire
Passengers are being advised to plan journeys in advance as Great Western Railway services will be affected by rail improvement works taking place throughout May in the Gloucester and Cheltenham areas.
REMINDER: Passengers urged to check before travelling over bank holiday weekend as Network Rail carries out vital upgrades
Passengers are being reminded to check before travelling this Easter weekend as Network Rail delivers vital upgrades and track renewals to improve train performance and reliability.
Network Rail wins award for environmentally friendly sleeper innovation
The groundbreaking ‘hedgehog’ sleeper design, funded by Network Rail’s Wales & Western region and designed, tested and manufactured by Lankhorst Engineered Products, has been awarded the Spotlight Net Zero Pioneer Award.
Network Rail and Great Western Railway bring Control under single leadership team
Network Rail and Great Western Railway (GWR) are joining forces by bringing their Control functions together in a single, joint team to bolster collaborative working and service delivery.
Passengers reminded to check before travelling in the west this Easter as Network Rail carries out vital upgrades
Passengers are being reminded to check before travelling this Easter holiday as Network Rail works to deliver vital upgrades and track renewals.
Stay off the Tracks! Network Rail and British Transport Police launch hard-hitting new campaign as more than 58% of people in the South West are unaware of the electric rail
- New survey data reveals 58% of people in the South West of England don’t know what the ‘third’ or electric rail is
- 40% believe that electrocution from rail tracks can hurt but won’t cause serious injury
- “It's heartbreaking to see preventable injuries devastate lives”. New hard-hitting campaign is launched to educate people of the horrific consequences of straying onto the tracks as railway trespass spikes during British Summer Time
Reading station celebrates its historic past and bright future as it turns 185-years-old
Reading station turns 185-years-old this week, having opened its doors in 1840 as a temporary terminus for Brunel’s Great Western Railway while engineers continued building the line to Bristol, the eventual final stop on the line. Passengers are invited to join the station team and community members from 3pm-5pm today (Friday 28 March) to mark the occasion, with live music and a railway-related exhibition as the star attractions.
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