The Bristolian
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The Bristolian is a named passenger train service from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads.
The service was inaugruated in 1935 by the Great Western Railway (GWR). It was one of the three top GWR named expresses and was hauled by Castle Class locomotives. The other top expresses were the Cornish Riviera Express which was normally hauled by King Class locomotives and the Cheltenham Spa Express, which was hauled by Castle Class locomotives.
The Bristolian name was retained by British Rail and is still used by its successor, First Great Western.
