Entering its trial third year to study the feasibility of battery-electric rail, UK’s Great Western Railway (GWR) has hit an encouraging milestone, traveling further in the region than any ...

Trains in the Swindon area have been cancelled after an incident on a busy railway line.

GWR will use a Class 230 train for the FastCharge trial, which will run alongside passenger services. Credit: Great Western Railway Great Western Railway (GWR) in the UK will conduct the country’s ...

A “GOLDEN ticket” glitch on one of Britain’s biggest railways meant Brits could travel for free. A software error was discovered in Great Western Railway’s (GWR) ticket ...

The mix-up also temporarily caused tens of thousands of people's pre-booked tickets to disappear from GWR's website, The Telegraph reports. A journalist at the outlet was able to travel 500 miles ...

Some of the Great Western Railway fleet will use a hybrid system including low earth orbit satellites in space to create a more-reliable wi-fi connection A new UK-first pilot scheme is aiming to ...

A rail commuter who regularly travels into London has said smaller replacement trains are frequently causing overcrowding. Roy Azoulay contacted the BBC after he noticed Great Western Railway (GWR) ...

The UK Department for Transport (DfT) and train operator Great Western Railway (GWR) have entered into an agreement to fund a new study into the upgrading of railway infrastructure between London, ...

10:33, Mon, Feb 9, 2026 Updated: 19:04, Mon, Feb 9, 2026 Across the UK, numerous major train operators transport thousands of passengers daily, whether they're commuting to work, visiting loved ones, ...