The Bristolian

The Bristolian

The Bristolian is a named passenger train service from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads. This named train serves Weston-super-Mare in the London bound direction.

The service was inaugurated in 1935 by the Great Western Railway (GWR). It was one of the three top GWR named expresses and was hauled by Castle Class locomotives. The other top expresses were the Cornish Riviera Express which was normally hauled by King Class locomotives and the Cheltenham Spa Express, which was hauled by Castle Class locomotives.

The Bristolian name was retained by British Rail and is still used by its successor, First Great Western.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Bristolian — may refer to:* A native of the City of Bristol, England * The Bristolian, a named passenger train of the Great Western Railway * Old Bristolian , a former pupil of Bristol Grammar School …   Wikipedia

  • The Museum of Everything — Genre Comedy Running time 28 minutes Country  United Kingdom …   Wikipedia

  • The Bush and Troy Show — is the breakfast show for Bristol s GWR FM, running weekdays from 6:30am 10am (GMT). A podcast of highlights from the show is released weekly.CrewAndy Bush DJ Paris Troy DJ Pitstop Paulina Gillespie Traffic reporter George Painter Newsreader Ben… …   Wikipedia

  • Bristolian — noun /bɹɪsˈtəʊ.li.ən/ a) A native or inhabitant of Bristol. b) The dialect sometimes spoken by the people of Bristol …   Wiktionary

  • Museum of the Great Western Railway — STEAM redirects here. For other uses, see Steam (disambiguation). King George V pulling the Bristolian passenger train Steam Museum, Swindon. STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway, also known as Swindon Steam Railway Museum, is located at… …   Wikipedia

  • Church of St. James the Greater (Bristol) — The Church of St. James the Greater is an Episcopal church located in the heart of the Bristol Historic District in Bristol Borough, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania and the Episcopal Church in the United States… …   Wikipedia

  • List of named passenger trains of the United Kingdom — This article contains a list of named passenger trains in the United Kingdom. These are specific regular journeys identified by a special name in the timetable, not to be confused with the names of engines or individual physical train rakes. One… …   Wikipedia

  • List of dialects of the English language — This is a list of dialects of the English language. Dialects are linguistic varieties which differ in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar from each other and from Standard English (which is itself a dialect). Dialects can be usefully defined as …   Wikipedia

  • Born In The Gardens — is a comedy play by Bristol born playwright Peter Nichols.Nichols wrote the play in 1979, after his now famous drama Privates On Parade was rejected by the Bristol Old Vic for being too controversial. Born In The Gardens was staged in the Theatre …   Wikipedia

  • Bristol underground scene — The Bristol underground scene is a term used to describe the culture surrounding trip hop, drum and bass and graffiti art that has existed in Bristol from the early 90s to the present. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/03/… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”