What is Great Western Railway (train operating company)?
{{Infobox rail company |name = Great Western Railway |image = File:Swindon - GWR 800005 and 800030.JPG |caption = A Pair of FGW [[British Rail Class 800|Class 800 Intercity Express Train]]s passing by [[Swindon railway station|Swindon]] |image_size = 300px |franchise = {{unbulleted list|InterCity Great Western<br />4 February 1996 – 31 March 2006|[[Greater Western franchise|Greater Western]]<br />1 April 2006 – 31 March 2020<ref name=railfranchiseschedule>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/574792/december-2016-rail-franchise-schedule.pdf</ref>}} |logo = Great Western Railway (2015) logo.svg |logo_size = 150px |regions = [[London]], [[Thames Valley]], [[South West England]], [[South Wales]] |secregions = [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]], [[South East England]] |abbr = GW |fleet = |stations = over 270 |stationsop = 197 |routekm = 2129.2 |parent_company = [[FirstGroup]] |website = www.gwr.com |map = [[File:GWR_TOC_Intercity_Map_Dec_09_2015.svg|300px|Route map]] }} '''First Great Western''', is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[train operating company]] owned by FirstGroup, which has services in the west and south west of England and South Wales. It also runs the ''[[Night Riviera]]'' [[Sleeping car|overnight train]] between [[London]] and [[Penzance]]. Near the end of January 2010, First Great Western said that an £8,000,000 refresh programme to their fleet of Class 166 Turbo DMU trains would happen. In February 2021, GWR announced to purchase Class 319 “FLEX” units to replace the 158, 387, 165 and 166. == History == [[File:Trains at Hungerford Station - geograph.org.uk - 1353108.jpg|thumb|180px|left|Trains in the current First Great Western livery.]]The company began operating on 4 February 1996 as '''Great Western Trains''', as part of the privatisation of British Rail, and in December 1998 became '''First Great Western'''<ref>[http://data.companieshouse