Entering its trial third year to study the feasibility of battery-electric rail, UK’s Great Western Railway (GWR) has hit an encouraging milestone, traveling further in the region than any ...

A new world record for the furthest distance travelled by a battery-electric train on a single charge has been set by Great Western Railway (GWR). The train travelled 200 miles on a single charge ...

A battery-powered train has broken the world record for the longest railway journey on a single charge. The Great Western Railway (GWR) train - a specially adapted former District Line train - ...

GWR took over the Great Western franchise in 2015. Credit: Great Western Railway. British train operating company Great Western Railway (GWR) has received a new national rail contract (NRC) from the ...