Brunel's Great Western Railway

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Brunel's_Great_Western_Railway

GPTKB entity

Statements (79)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:railway_company heritage railway
gptkbp:absorbedBy	gptkb:West_Cornwall_Railway gptkb:Bristol_and_Gloucester_Railway gptkb:Cornwall_Railway gptkb:South_Devon_Railway gptkb:Bristol_and_Exeter_Railway
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:designer	gptkb:Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel
gptkbp:famousFor	engineering innovation luxury travel speed records broad gauge controversy
gptkbp:gauge	broad gauge
gptkbp:gauge_width	7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm)
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Paddington,_London
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Brunel's Great Western Railway
gptkbp:mainLine	London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads
gptkbp:mergedInto	gptkb:British_Railways
gptkbp:name	gptkb:Great_Western_Railway
gptkbp:nationalized	1948
gptkbp:notableBuilding	gptkb:Box_Tunnel gptkb:Maidenhead_Railway_Bridge gptkb:Sonning_Cutting gptkb:Swindon_Works
gptkbp:notableStation	gptkb:Firefly_class_locomotive gptkb:Iron_Duke_class_locomotive gptkb:Bristol_Temple_Meads gptkb:Reading_Station gptkb:Swindon_Station gptkb:North_Star_locomotive Paddington Station
gptkbp:opened	1838
gptkbp:regionServed	gptkb:West_of_England gptkb:Berkshire gptkb:Bristol gptkb:Buckinghamshire gptkb:Cheltenham gptkb:Cornwall gptkb:Devon gptkb:England gptkb:Falmouth gptkb:Gloucester gptkb:Gloucestershire gptkb:London gptkb:Monmouthshire gptkb:Oxford gptkb:Plymouth gptkb:Somerset gptkb:South_West_England gptkb:Torquay gptkb:Truro gptkb:Wales gptkb:Weymouth gptkb:Windsor gptkb:Worcester gptkb:borough gptkb:Aylesbury gptkb:Exeter gptkb:High_Wycombe gptkb:Maidenhead gptkb:Penzance gptkb:Newton_Abbot gptkb:Herefordshire gptkb:Oxfordshire gptkb:South_Wales gptkb:Swindon gptkb:Taunton gptkb:Weston-super-Mare gptkb:Wiltshire gptkb:Banbury gptkb:Bicester gptkb:Chippenham gptkb:Didcot Reading South West
gptkbp:route_length_(original)	118 miles
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Neyland,_Pembrokeshire,_Wales
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6