"Chris Tolley" wrote in message
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Peter Masson wrote:

In 1906-07 there was a through train from Paddington to Brighton

Was that a quid pro quo for whatever GWR service ran to London Victoria,
giving rise to the "Great Western Railway" lettering on the front of
that station?

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(53362 (Class 105) at Stratford Depot, 9 Jul 1981)
No; I believe that the GWR originally had some sort of running arrangements
to Victoria as a second London terminus, though whether these were ever
used, I wouldn't like to say.
Brian