Drawing with mount showing GWR's 'Shania Train'

Drawing showing Great Western Railway (GWR)'s 'Shania Train' which was in service during Glastonbury Festival 2024. GWR y named Intercity Express Train 802109 Shania Train after Canadian pop star Shania Twain, following a request by BBC DJ Nick Grimshaw who performed the naming at London Paddington Station on 20 June 2024.

Great Western Railway Ltd (GWR) was a Train Operating Company (TOC) owned by FirstGroup Plc. It is one of the longest running TOCs, the company began operating after the privatisation of British Rail in February 1996 as Great Western Trains. In 1998, the company became First Great Western when FirstGroup bought out its partner’s shares then later in 2006 it rebranded to First Great Western until 2015 when the company adopted its current name of GWR Ltd, reflecting the older ‘Great Western Railway’, founded in 1833 prior to privatisation. In 2026 GWR Ltd was one of the largest Train operating Companies in Britain with more than 100 million customers a year.