The Great Western Main Line (GWML) is a main line railway in England that runs westwards from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads. It connects to other main lines such as those from Reading to Penzance and Swindon to Swansea. The GWML is presently a part of the national rail system managed by Network Rail while the majority of passenger services upon it are provided by the current Great Western Railway franchise.
Maidenhead Railway Bridge carrying the line over the River Thames.
St James Railway Bridge, Bath
Image: Bathpool GWR 158763+158747 Cardiff service
Image: Oxford GWR 165116 leaving for Reading
London Paddington station
Paddington, also known as London Paddington, is a London railway station and London Underground station complex, located on Praed Street in the Paddington area. The site has been the London terminus of services provided by the Great Western Railway and its successors since 1838. Much of the main line station dates from 1854 and was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. As of the 2022–23 Office of Rail & Road Statistics, it is the second busiest station in the United Kingdom, after London Liverpool Street, with 59.2 million entries and exits.
The Victorian train shed at Paddington in October 2018
The layout of Paddington Station in 1888
Paddington Station in the Victorian era
The Praed Street facade of the Great Western Hotel (now the Hilton London Paddington)
