Great Western
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Great Western can refer to:
- The Great Western RailwayGreat Western RailwayThe Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
, a United Kingdom railway company nationalised in 1948 and that has since lent its name to:- Great Western Main LineGreat Western Main LineThe Great Western Main Line is a main line railway in Great Britain that runs westwards from London Paddington station to the west of England and South Wales. The core Great Western Main Line runs from London Paddington to Temple Meads railway station in Bristol. A major branch of the Great...
, a principal passenger and freight rail route - First Great WesternFirst Great WesternFirst Great Western is the operating name of First Greater Western Ltd, a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup that serves Greater London, the South East, South West and West Midlands regions of England, and South Wales....
, a major passenger train operator since 1998 - Great Western TrainsGreat Western TrainsGreat Western Trains was a UK train company created in the mid 1990s as part of the privatisation of British Rail. It was one of the first two passenger companies to be privatised, passing into private ownership along with South West Trains on 4 February 1996....
, a train operating company from 1996 to 1998 - Great Western, one of the GWR 3031 ClassGWR 3031 ClassThe Dean Single, 3031 Class, or Achilles Class was a type of steam locomotive built by the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1899. They were designed by William Dean for passenger work...
locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915 - the Great Western Ambulance ServiceGreat Western Ambulance ServiceThe Great Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust is a UK National Health Service trust providing emergency and non emergency patient transport services to Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire in the South West England region...
NHS Trust, providing services for South West England - the Great Western HospitalGreat Western HospitalGreat Western Hospital is a large hospital situated in Swindon, Wiltshire, England, next to junction 15 of the M4 motorway.- Building :The architect was Whicheloe Macfarlane, who designed the hospital with a concrete frame design. Flat slab concrete floors 30 cm deep are supported by a...
in Swindon, England
- Great Western Main Line
- Great Western Railway (Ontario)Great Western Railway (Ontario)The Great Western Railway was a historic Canadian railway that operated in Canada West and later the province of Ontario, following Confederation...
, originally of Canada West - Great Western Railway (Saskatchewan)Great Western Railway (Saskatchewan)The Great Western Railway is a Canadian short line railway company operating on former Canadian Pacific Railway trackage in southwest Saskatchewan. GWR is the operating company whereas Westcan Rail Saskatchewan Ltd. is the owner of the track and structures...
, a short line railway - Chicago Great Western RailwayChicago Great Western RailwayThe Chicago Great Western Railway was a Class I railroad that linked Chicago, Minneapolis, Omaha, and Kansas City. It was founded by Alpheus Beede Stickney in 1885 as a regional line between St. Paul and the Iowa state line called the Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad...
- SS Great WesternSS Great WesternSS Great Western of 1838, was an oak-hulled paddle-wheel steamship; the first purpose-built for crossing the Atlantic and the initial unit of the Great Western Steamship Company. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Great Western proved satisfactory in service and was the model for all successful...
, the first purpose-built trans-Atlantic steamship, 1838 - The Great WesternThe Great WesternThe Great Western is the debut solo album by Manic Street Preachers vocalist/guitarist James Dean Bradfield, released on July 24, 2006 on Columbia Records. The majority of the lyrics were written by Bradfield, who had only contributed lyrics to the songs "Ocean Spray" and "Firefight" previously for...
, an album by James Dean Bradfield - Great Western Brewing Company, located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
- Great Western TiersGreat Western TiersThe Great Western Tiers are a collection of small mountain bluffs in the northern part of the Tasmanian Central Highlands.They stretch from Western Bluff, near the town of Mole Creek, towards the east, passing south of the town of Meander, north of the Great Lake, and ending at Millers Bluff,...
, a collection of small mountain bluffs in Tasmania - Great Western DivideGreat Western DivideThe Great Western Divide is a Sierra Nevada mountain range that forms part of the border between the Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks. The High Sierra Trail crosses the range at Kaweah Gap from Sequoia National Park.- References :...
, a long ridge in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains - Great Western BankGreat Western BankGreat Western Bank was a large consumer bank that operated primarily in the Western United States. Great Western's headquarters were in Chatsworth, California...
, a now-defunct bank in the western United States - Great Western Bank (Midwest)Great Western Bank (Midwest)Great Western Bank is a community bank based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. There are nearly 200 locations in Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Great Western Bank currently has assets in excess of $8 billion.-History:...
, a bank in the midwestern United States - Great Western, VictoriaGreat Western, VictoriaGreat Western is a town in the east of the Wimmera region of Victoria, Australia. The town is located on the Western Highway, in the Shire of Northern Grampians Local Government Area, 225 kilometres north west of the state capital, Melbourne...
, a town in Australia - Sarah A. BowmanSarah A. BowmanSarah A. Bowman was an American innkeeper, restaurateur, and madam. Nicknamed "The Great Western", she gained fame, and the title "Heroine of Fort Brown", as a camp follower of Zachary Taylor's army during the Mexican–American War...
(1813?-1866), "Heroine of Fort Brown" (Texas) during Mexican–American War