The First Great Western/ GWR Gallery

Images taken of First Great Western, GWR service operating Trains in the Taunton area.

1st May 2026 GWR nine-car Hitachi IET No.800308 passes Cogload Junction on the approaches to Taunton on Friday 1st May 2026. No.800308 was operating 1C22 16:30 London Paddington - Taunton before returning empty from Taunton to Stoke Gifford. (Photo: Brian Garrett)

18th April 2026 GWR Hitachi IET No.800320 is pictured passing Victory Crossing on Saturday, April 2026. The nine-car set No.800320 was operating 1C74 09:03 London Paddington - Plymouth. Image taken on a camera pole. (Photo: Brian Garrett)

18th April 2026 GWR Hitachi IET No. 800029 'Christopher Dando/ Evette Wakely' arrives into Platform 5 at Taunton, passing the striking Hi Point building on Saturday 18th April 2026. The Class 800 was operating 2U12 09:52 Exeter St David's - Cardiff Central. (Photo: Sally Carter)

18th April 2026 GWR Hitachi IET No. 800022 'Tulbahadur Pun VC' is pictured on the approach to Victory Crossing on the 18th April 2026. The five-car set was operating 2C67 08:00 Cardiff Central - Exeter St Davids. Image taken on a camera pole. (Photo: Brian Garrett)

9th April 2026 GWR Hitachi IET No. 800003 'Queen Elizabeth II - Queen Victoria' passes Huntworth on the 9th April 2026. The five-car bi-mode unit was operating on 2U28, the 18:10 Taunton - Cardiff Central stopping service. (Photo: Brian Garrett)

5th April 2026 GWR Hitachi Intercity Express bi-mode unit No. 800035 'Naomi Betts/ Lizz Gallagher' passes Allerford on the 5th April 2026. The five-car set was operating 2C77 13:00 Cardiff Central - Exeter St Davids. (Photo: Brian Garrett)

5th April 2026 GWR Hitachi IET No. 800005 'Aneurin Bevan' passes Allerford on the approach to Taunton on the 5th April 2026. The five-car bi-mode unit was operating 2U22 14:50 Exeter St Davids - Cardiff Central. (Photo: Brian Garrett)

4th April 2026 GWR five-car Hitachi IET No.800002 departs from Platform 3, passing 40 Steps on Easter Saturday, 4th April 2026. The bi-mode unit was operating the 2C67 08:00 Cardiff Central - Exeter St Davids stopping service. In the background is the Belmond 'Britannic Explorer' luxury train waiting to depart for Penzance. (Photo: Brian Garrett)

3rd April 2026 GWR Hitachi IET No. 802002 'Steve Whiteway' passes Creech St Michael on the 3rd April 2026. The five-car Intercity Express unit was operating the 2C79 14:00 Cardiff Central - Plymouth service. (Photo: Brian Garrett)

3rd April 2026 GWR Hitachi IET No.800312 passes Norton Fitzwarren on Good Friday, 3rd April 2026. The nine-car set was operating the 1A90 15:15 Plymouth - London Paddington GWR service. (Photo: Brian Garrett)

30th March 2026 A pair of GWR Class 150/2 units made a rare trip to Taunton on the 30th March 2026 under the cover of darkness. No.150207 and No.150247 teamed up to operate 2M73 21:09 Paington - Taunton. The service normally operates through to Bristol, but due to overnight engineering work, passengers were transferred onto road transport for their onward journey. (Photo: Chris Shewry)

7th March 2026 On a cold winter's morning at Taunton Station, with its coupling doors locked in the open position, GWR Intercity Express Train No. 800020 'Bob Woodward/ Elizabeth Ralph' is pictured at Taunton on the 7th March 2026. The five-car set was waiting to depart with the 2U08 08:18 Taunton - Cardiff Central stopping service. Adjacent Cross Country Voyager No.220017 is pictured taking its booked stop on Saturday, 7th March 2026. The four-car set was operating 1S39 07:27 Exeter St Davids - Leeds service. (Photo: Brian Garrett)

7th March 2026 With its coupling doors locked in the open position, GWR Intercity Express Train No. 800020 'Bob Woodward/ Elizabeth Ralph' is pictured at Taunton on the 7th March 2026. The five-car set was waiting to depart with the 2U08 08:18 Taunton - Cardiff Central stopping service. (Photo: Brian Garrett)

4th March 2026 A rare daylight appearance for a GWR two-car Class 165 'Turbo' occurred on the 4th March 2026. No. 165135 is pictured at Taunton, operating 2C71 10:00 Cardiff Central - Exeter St Davids stopping service, having taken over from an IET at Bristol. The unit later returned from Exeter, heading back to Bristol. (Photo: Matt Powell)

27th February 2026 GWR Hitachi IET No. 800036 'Dr Paul Stephenson OBE' is pictured waiting at Norton Fitzwarren on the 27th February 2026. The unit was operating 1Z82 16:50 Bishops Lydeard - Bristol Temple Meads (Although only visiting Norton Fitzwarren Triangle), having earlier worked between Taunton and Goodrington Sidings. Passing adjacent was No.220008 operating 1E63 16:27 Exeter St Davids - Newcastle. (Photo: Russell Ayre)

27th February 2026 One of the two GWR Night Riviera Sleeper sets visited Norton Fitzwarren to reverse on Friday, 27th February 2025. No. 57604 'Pendennis Castle' and No.57312 were operated as 5Z57 07:27 Reading Traincare Depot - Fairwater Yard and was crewed by GBRf. (Photo: Phil Izzard)

27th February 2026 The Somerset Levels continue to hold vast amounts of flood water, as this image recorded on 27th February clearly shows. Passing Oath, GWR Class 57s No.57312 AND No. 57604 'Pendennis Castle' head east across the flooded plains running as the 5Z58 12:28 Fairwater Yard to Reading Traincare Depot. Some roads around this location still remain closed, as does Moor Lane between North Curry and West Lyng, which remains seriously deep below the surface of the floodwater. (Photo: S A Ginn)

27th February 2026 Rail Operations Group-owned No.57312 is pictured on the rear of the empty GWR Night Riviera stock with No. 57604 'Pendennis Castle' leading 5Z57 07:27 Reading Traincare Depot - Fairwater Yard via Norton Fitzwarren Triangle on the 26th February 2026. (Photo: Russell Ayre)

17th February 2026 With coupling doors wide open and the driver on the phone, GWR Hitachi Class 800 Set No.800011 and No. 800035 'Naomi Betts/ Lizz Gallagher' pass through Creech St Michael heading for the capital while assigned to GWR service 1A78 07:10 Penzance to London Paddington. This slightly different composition from Creech was captured on Tuesday, 17th February 2026. (Photo: S A Ginn)

17th February 2026 Viewed from Creech St Michael over-bridge, the last full Castle/HST set leaves the West Country for the final time on passing the former site of Creech St Michael Halt on 17th February 2026. With name plates removed and de-branded, Class 43 power cars No.43092 and No.43093 (Formerly Cromwell's Castle and Berkeley Castle) head north, operated by Rail Adventure running as the 5Q43 09:00 Laira to Mid-Norfolk Railway for storage. Just two solitary GWR power cars (No.43088 and No.43156) now remain at Laira. (Photo: S A Ginn)

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