First Great Western Link

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Franchise:	First Great Western Link April 2004 - March 2006
Main Region(s):	Thames Valley
Other Region(s):	North Downs, Cotswolds
Fleet size:	62
Stations:	95
Parent company:	First Group
Website:	Click here

First Great Western Link is a train operating company owned by First Group that provides train services, on a franchise basis, from Paddington Station to destinations such as Slough, Reading, Didcot, Oxford, Basingstoke, Newbury, Bedwyn, Hereford, Worcester and Banbury. Train services are also provided from Reading to Gatwick Airport via Guildford and Dorking. The company also used to operate services to Warwick and Stratford-upon-Avon, but these are now operated by Chiltern Railways and the First Great Western Link route has been curtailed at Banbury.

Prior to April 2004 the franchise was held by the GoAhead Group, trading as Thames Trains. First Great Western Link shares a management team with First Great Western, a separately franchised train operating company that runs inter-city services on Great Western Main Line and associated lines.

Further Information

• Routes
  • Great Western Main Line
  • Cotswold Line
  • North Downs Line

• Rolling Stock
  • Class 165 "Network Turbo"
  • Class 166 "Network Express Turbo"
  • Class 180 "Adelante"
  • Class 43 "HST/InterCity 125"

External links

• First Great Western Link
• Route map of FGWL services (caution – PDF)

British train operating companies
InterCity:	Eurostar - First Great Western - First TransPennine Express - GNER - Hull Trains - Midland Mainline - one - Virgin Trains
London & South East:	c2c - Chiltern Railways - First Great Western Link - Gatwick Express - Heathrow Express - Island Line one - Silverlink - South Eastern Trains - South West Trains - Southern - Thameslink - WAGN
Regional:	Arriva Trains Wales - Central Trains - First ScotRail - Merseyrail - Northern Rail - Wessex Trains