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Jonathan Wright · @Jon6705
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Delayed £16m Marsh Barton railway station still has no opening date

devonlive.com/news/devon-news/

[Bong-Bong-Bong]: "I'm sorry to announce the December 2016 Great Western Railway service for Marsh Barton has been delayed by approximately 7 years. I'm extremely sorry for the severe delay to this service."

#exeter #marshbarton #railway #newstations #gwr #greatwesternrailway #networkrail

Last updated 2 years ago

UK: has agreed contracts to buy ’s battery train related assets, saying this will secure the future of planned trials of the technology on the branch in London bit.ly/3I8Zpai

#greatwesternrailway #vivarail #Greenford

Last updated 3 years ago

Jonathan Wright · @Jon6705
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Hugh Jones · @hugh
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Here's a old marketing from the Great Western Railway, showing a view of Oxford, served by its trains.

Its a view from, I think, the tower at Magdalen College, looking along the High Street to the Radcliffe camera.

How many of the colleges shown can you name?






#history #greatwesternrailway #gwr #oxford #HigherEducationPostcard #highereducation #postcard

Last updated 3 years ago

Hugh Jones · @hugh
253 followers · 318 posts · Server toot.wales

Here's a old marketing from the Great Western Railway, showing a view of Oxford, served by its trains.

Its view from, I think, the tower at Magdalen College, looking along the High Street to the Radcliffe camera.

How many of the colleges shown can you name?






#history #greatwesternrailway #gwr #oxford #HigherEducationPostcard #highereducation #postcard

Last updated 3 years ago

Chris Bond · @Vibracobra23
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A monochrome postcard-size photograph showing a view of the Great Western Railway engine No 3265 pulling the 2:10pm Harlech to Birmingham at Barmouth station in Merionethshire on 29 August 1937. Published and photographed by Ken Nunn, The Locomotive Club of Great Britain, No 6778.

#gwr #greatwesternrailway #locomotives #barmouth #kennunn

Last updated 3 years ago

Novitiate · @novitiate
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The in was one of the earliest users of the then, recently invented which had been installed between London and stations.

This telegraph system achieved some notoriety in 1845 for which of the following reasons?

#telegraphy #telecommunications #quiz #greatwesternrailway #england #electrical #telegraph #paddington #slough #railway

Last updated 3 years ago