The British Rail Class 701 Arterio is a class of electric multiple unit passenger train built by Bombardier Transportation (now Alstom) at Derby Litchurch Lane Works. Built on the Aventra platform, they are operated by South Western Railway, and operate some services between Waterloo and Windsor.

The GWR 0-4-0ST steam locomotives were acquired by the Great Western Railway at the 1923 grouping. They came from small railways (mostly in South Wales ) and from contractors. Some of them survived into British Railways ownership in 1948 and a few are preserved.

The first Locomotives of the Great Western Railway (GWR) were specified by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, but Daniel Gooch was soon appointed as the railway's Locomotive Superintendent. He designed several different 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) broad gauge types for the growing railway, such as the Firefly and later Iron Duke Class.

The GWR 0-4-0ST steam locomotives were acquired by the Great Western Railway at the 1923 grouping. They came from small railways (mostly in South Wales) and from contractors. Some of them survived into British Railways ownership in 1948 and a few are preserved.

2024年1月15日 · The Aventra Class 701 (described by SWR as Arterio) has finally made it to public service! The first ever in service outing for the long delayed class took place on 9th January 2023 with a one a day Waterloo to Windsor duty.

2024年1月10日 · UK: A revenue passenger service was operated by one of South Western Railway ’s Alstom Class 701 electric multiple-units for the first time on January 9. The 750 V DC third-rail EMU is scheduled to operate one return passenger service a day on the London Waterloo – Windsor & Eton Riverside route for four days this week.

Former CPC UK Ltd No. 701, a 0-4-0ST, is seen in steam at the Chasewater Railway, Brownhills, Staffordshire on 21 February 2009. The loco is painted in Great Western Railway green livery with GWR brass number plate. In this guise it is posing as sister loco Andrew Barclay no. 1045 of 1905 which was built for the Swansea Harbour Trust.

2019年6月16日 · I see that Hattons has made a Andrew Barclay GWR 705 with shirtbutton. From what I'm finding out is that, 705 was a loco in painted in GWR colors but was never a GWR engine. So my question is: GWR 701 the correct number for this loco? Sources that I found backing this up: https://en.wikipedia.org...

701 Swansea East Dock 280539 JL397 Built for the Swansea Harbour Trust by Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST 705 was put to traffic in 4/1905, final withdrawal came 5/58. The loco is seen at Swansea East Dock, 28/5/39. ©George C. Lander/Rail Photoprints

2025年2月3日 · Battery-electric trains the preferred option to replace Class 165s and 166s on GWR cross-country route; Fleet