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When was the Great Western Railway nationalized and merged into the Western Region of British Railways?

  • 1945

  • 1947

  • 1950

  • 1952

Answer

The Great Western Railway was nationalized and merged into the Western Region of British Railways at the end of 1947. This marked the end of the GWR's independent existence and the beginning of a new era for the British railway system.
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