The Great Western Railway name was first used in 1833 with trains brought onto the new network in 1838. Under the direction of the 29 year-old engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the Great Western ...

A sculpture honouring a "remarkable" railway pioneer has been unveiled. A two-metre-tall hand-carved statue of Sir Daniel Gooch has been revealed at Swindon's GWR Park. Sir Daniel was a key figure in ...

ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL:I was to be chief engineer on a brand new railway, the Great Western Railway. ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL:It was to be a new kind of track to take a new kind of train.

Isambard was the son of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel (1769-1849) and Sophia Kingdom (d ... designer of the Clifton suspension bridge near Bristol and engineer of the Great Western Railway including some ...

Brunel built dockyards, the Great Western Railway, a series of steamships and numerous important bridges and tunnels. His designs revolutionised public transport and modern engineering.