First Great Western

Operating High Speed Inter-city, commuter, regional and sleeper services

First Great Western (FGW) work hard to achieve their vision of putting customers first by exceeding their expectations of journeys by train. From the welcome at the station, to the service on-board the trains, right through to arrival at the destination, they make sure that the journeys are safe, comfortable, convenient and enjoyable, and that the traveller always feel welcomed and valued.

Their services stretch from London in the east to Brighton and Gatwick in the south, Carmarthen, Pembroke Dock and Penzance in the west and Banbury, Hereford and Worcester in the north. They have one of the largest and most complex rail networks in the UK, carrying one and a half million passengers every week on 9,000 services, and calling at 276 stations.

FGW are the only UK rail company to operate High Speed Inter-city, commuter, regional and sleeper services. Their High Speed Inter-city services link South Wales, the Cotswolds and the South West with London. They provide fast and frequent commuter services for the M4 corridor, the Thames Valley and Newbury and Oxford routes and operate services in the South West, providing local commuter and leisure services and the key longer distance routes from Cardiff to Portsmouth