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The Great Western Main Line at DawlishThe Great Western Main Line is a main line railway in the United Kingdom, corresponding to the principal routes of the pre-1948 Great Western Railway which were subsequently taken over by the Western Region of British Railways and are now operated by First Great Western.
The original Great Western Main Line runs from London Paddington via Reading, Swindon, Bath, Bristol Temple Meads and Exeter to Plymouth.
The route that diverges at Swindon to Bristol ParkwayBristol Parkway is a railway station on the northern edge of Bristol, at Stoke Gifford in South Gloucestershire. It is part of the British railway system owned by Network Rail. It was built in the 1970s to give Bristol a station on the railway running fro, the Severn TunnelThe Severn Tunnel ( Welsh: Twnnel Hafren) is a railway tunnel in Britain, linking the West of England to South Wales under the estuary of the River Severn. It was built by the Great Western Railway between 1873 and 1886, and is 7008m (4 mi 624yds) long, a, CardiffThis article is about the Welsh capital. For the place in United States, see Cardiff, California. Cardiff ( Welsh: Caerdydd from caer "fort," and dydd "Antonius Didius") is the capital and largest city of Wales. It is located in the traditional county of and SwanseaThis page is about Swansea in Wales. For others, see Swansea (disambiguation). Swansea ( Welsh: Abertawe "aber" river-mouth + river Tawe) is a city and county in south Wales, situated on the coast, immediately to the east of the Gower peninsula in the tra is also part of the Great Western Main Line, as is the route that diverges at Reading to reach Exeter more directly via NewburyFor other places called Newbury, see Newbury. Newbury is the principal town in the west of the county of Berkshire in the United Kingdom. It is situated on the River Kennet and the Kennet and Avon Canal, and has a town centre containing many seventeenth c, WestburyWestbury is a town and civil parish in the west of the English county of Wiltshire. Location Westbury is situated some 12 miles south east of the city of Bath and about four miles south of Trowbridge. It is an important junction point on the railway netwo and Castle CaryThis is article is about the village in Somerset, for the village in Scotland see Castlecary. Castle Cary is a village in south Somerset, England, five miles north west of Wincanton and eight miles south of Shepton Mallet. The village has a population of.
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