Operational Heritage Railways
These heritage railways operate on old GWR branch lines. Many other heritage railways and museums also have GWR locomotives or rolling stock in use or on display.
- Bodmin and Wenford Railway – Bodmin General to Boscarne Junction and Bodmin Parkway (formerly Bodmin Road), Cornwall
- Cholsey and Wallingford Railway – Cholsey to Wallingford, Oxfordshire
- Dean Forest – Lydney, Gloucestershire
- Didcot Railway Centre, Oxfordshire
- East Somerset Railway, Cranmore, Somerset
- Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway – Toddington to Cheltenham Racecourse railway station
- Gwili Railway – Abergwili, Carmarthenshire
- Llangollen Railway – Llangollen to Carrog
- Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway – Paignton to Kingswear, Devon
- Plym Valley Railway – Marsh Mills, Devon
- Severn Valley Railway Kidderminster to Bridgnorth, Worcestershire
- South Devon Railway – Totnes to Buckfastleigh, Devon
- Swindon and Cricklade Railway – Blunsdon, Gloucestershire
- West Somerset Railway – Bishops Lydeard to Minehead, Somerset
Read more about this topic: List Of Great Western Railway Heritage Sites
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