GWR Road Motor Services
The Great Western Railway road motor services operated from 1903 to 1933, both as a feeder to their train services, and as a cheaper alternative to building new railways in rural areas. They were the first successful bus services operated by a British railway company.
Read more about GWR Road Motor Services: History, Vehicles, Services in Devon and Cornwall, Services in Wales
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He’s watching from the woods as like as not.”
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