Template:Infobox GWR

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| headerstyle = background:#ddd

| image1 = File:Coat of arms of the Great Western Railway.svg

| caption1 = Logo of the Great Western Railway, incorporating the shields, crests and mottoes of the cities of London (left) and Bristol (right)

| image2 = frameless

| caption2 = Map of the railway pre-grouping (1920)

| image3 = frameless

| caption3 = Map of the railway post-grouping (1926)

|header1 = History

| label2 = 1835

| data2 = Act of incorporation

| label3 = 1838

| data3 = First train ran

| label4 = 1869–92

| data4 = {{Track gauge|84.25in|lk=on|al=on}}
changed to
{{Track gauge|56.5in|allk=on}}

| label5 = 1903

| data5 = Start of road motor services

| label7 = 1923

| data7 = Keeps identity though the Grouping

| label8 = 1935

| data8 = Centenary

| label9 = 1948

| data9 = Nationalised

|header10 = Successor organisation

| label11 = 1948

| data11 = British Rail, Western Region

{{collapsed infobox section begin|Constituent companies|titlestyle=background-color:#ddd}}

| data21 = See full list of constituents of the GWR

| label22 = 1854

| data22 = Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway
Shrewsbury and Chester Railway

| label23 = 1862

| data23 = South Wales Railway

| label24 = 1863

| data24 = West Midland Railway

| label25 = 1876

| data25 = Bristol and Exeter Railway
South Devon Railway

| label26 = 1889

| data26 = Cornwall Railway

| label27 = 1922

| data27 = Rhymney Railway
Taff Vale Railway
Cambrian Railways

| label28 = 1923

| data28 = Midland & S W Junction Railway

|header30 = Key locations

| label31 = Headquarters

| data31 = Paddington station, London

| label32 = Locale

| data32 = England; Wales

| label33 = Workshops

| data33 = Swindon
Wolverhampton

| label34 = Major stations

| data34 = Birmingham Snow Hill
Bristol Temple Meads
Cardiff General
London Paddington
Reading General

{{collapsed infobox section begin|Route mileage|titlestyle=background-color:#ddd}}

| data42 = Mileage shown as at end of year stated{{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}}{{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}}{{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}}{{Cite book |title=The Railway Year Book for 1920 |publisher=The Railway Publishing Company Limited |year=1920 |location=London |pages=154}}{{Cite book |title=The Railway Year Book for 1926 |publisher=The Railway Publishing Company Limited |year=1926 |location=London |pages=154–172}}

| 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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