Birmingham Snow Hill Bristol Temple Meads Cardiff General London Paddington Reading General
Route mileage
Mileage shown as at end of year stated[1][2][3][4][5]
1841
171 miles (275 km)
1863
1,106 miles (1,780 km)
1876
2,023 miles (3,256 km)
1899
2,504 miles (4,030 km)
1919
2,996 miles 68 chains (4,823.0 km)
1921
3,005 miles (4,836 km)
1924
3,797 miles (6,111 km)
1925
3,819 miles 69 chains (6,147.5 km)
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The Great Western Railway (GWR) was incorporated by an act of Parliament in 1835 and nationalised on 1 January 1948. During this time it amalgamated with, or purchased outright, many other railway companies. These are listed here in two groups. The early amalgamations (mostly between 1843 and 1900) often involved railway companies that were already being financially supported by the GWR. The Railways Act 1921 brought many new companies into the fold including many successful Welsh lines.
^MacDermot, E T (1927). "Appendix 1". History of the Great Western Railway, volume I 1833-1863. London: Great Western Railway. Reprinted 1982, Ian Allan, ISBN 0-7110-0411-0
^MacDermot, E T (1931). "Appendix 1". History of the Great Western Railway, volume II 1863-1921. London: Great Western Railway. Reprinted 1982, Ian Allan, ISBN 0-711004-12-9
^"A brief review of the Company's hundred years of business". Great Western Railway Magazine. 47 (9). Great Western Railway: 495–499. 1935.
^The Railway Year Book for 1920. London: The Railway Publishing Company Limited. 1920. p. 154.
^The Railway Year Book for 1926. London: The Railway Publishing Company Limited. 1926. pp. 154–172.
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