Trains in southern England disrupted
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The rail operator Great Western Railway (GWR) is to be renationalised in a "significant" move for trains in the West of England, the government has confirmed. GWR, based in Swindon, runs services linking London to the south-west of England and South Wales. It will come back under public ownership on 13 December.
GWR was engineered by the renowned Isambard Kingdom Brunel to be a "racetrack of iron," establishing it as the world's first high-speed railway when it opened in the 1830s.
Cancellations across the rail network in southern England are impacting South Western Railway, CrossCountry, Gatwick Express, Great Western Railway, London Overground, Southern and Thameslink