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 ...
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.