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List Of Constituents Of The Great Western RailwayThe list of constituent companies of the Great Western Railway (GWR) as a result of the the Railways Act 1921: Constituent companies The new Great Western Railway comprised the following constituent companies: Subsidiary companies Independently worked - Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway 59.75 miles (97km)
- Burry Port and Gwendreath Valley Railway 21 miles (34km)
- Cleobury, Mortimer and Ditton Priors Railway 12 miles (19km)
- Lllanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway 13 miles (21km)
- Midland and South Western Junction Railway 63.25 miles (101km)
Semi-independent lines These were worked by the GWR but possessed separate rolling stock etc. - Port Talbot Railway and Docks (PTR&D) 35 miles (56km)
- Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway 29 miles (46km)
Non-working companies Originally leased to or worked by the GWR: - Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway 42.75 miles (68km)
- Exeter Railway 8.75 miles (14km)
- Forest of Dean Central Railway 5 miles (8km)
- Gwendreath Railway 3 miles (5km)
- Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway 12 miles (19km)
- Liskeard and Looe Railway 9 miles (14km)
- Princetown Railway 10.5 miles (17km)
- Ross and Monmouth Railway 12.5 miles (20km)
- Teign Valley Railway 7.75 miles (12 km)
- West Somerset Railway 14.5 miles (23km) (now the West Somerset Railway heritage line)
Originally leased to or worked by the TVR - Penarth Extension Railway 1.75 miles (3km)
- Penarth Harbour, Dock and Railway 9.75 miles (16km)
Originally leased to or worked by the Cambrian - Mawddwy Railway 6.75 miles (11km)
- Van Railway 6.75 miles (11km)
- Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway 9.25 miles (15km) (now the Welshpool & Llanfair Railway heritage line)
- Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway 12.75 miles (20km)
Originally leased or worked by the PTR&D - South Wales Mineral Railway 13 miles (21km)
Originally leased to or worked by the Barry - Vale of Glamorgan Railway 20.75 miles (33km)
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