On the day of Dawlish Air Show, a small, picturesque seaside station is brought to life by an influx of merry passengers. With Paul Copley, Simon Jeffrey, Adrian McCaffrey, Dave Bunyan. The series delves behind the scenes to capture the inside story of an industry that continues to grow, featuring a team of dedicated drivers, managers, ticket inspectors and technicians that connect the capital to the southwest.After First Great Western … This brand new documentary series follows the working lives of the staff of First Great Western, one of Britain’s largest train operating companies. History of the Railways. The small Devon seaside station at Dawlish is brought to life by an influx of people attending an air show and gate-line operator Peter Eagle tries his hand at foreign languages in Bath.Series 2 | Episode 1Series 1 | Episode 1Glastonbury creates a logistical nightmare as staff deal with more than 100,000 travelling festival-goers, and the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh board a scheduled service to St Ives.Series 1 | Episode 3Winter storms take their toll on the railways and Network Rail's Steve Hawkins and his engineers have their work cut out after the line at Dawlish in Devon is washed away.Series 1 | Episode 2Rush hour is never much fun on the railways and Lorel Kinghorn tries to get a group of rowdy schoolchildren safely on board a train without causing major delays on the line.Series 1 | Episode 1Series 1 | Episode 7Series 1 | Episode 6The Railway: First Great WesternDriver Bruce Parkin steps off a train with his family to attend his retirement party after a remarkable 52 years' service, and Reading's new state-of-the-art station starts to take shape.The work of the train operating company's staff, beginning with Paddington's duty station manager's efforts to deal with several angry passengers who have been held up following a fire. 15 April 2019. The Railway: First Great Western (1) Series 1 | Episode 7 Driver Bruce Parkin steps off a train with his family to attend his retirement party after a remarkable 52 years' service, and Reading's new state-of-the-art station starts to take shape. The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest and west of England, the West Midlands, and most of Wales. First Great Western lays on extra staff, more trains and different queuing systems to cope with the change.
It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838.