RAILSCOT | GWR joins forces with The Veterans Charity to plan special Poppies to Paddington operation for Remembrance Day [Great Western Railway]

GWR joins forces with The Veterans Charity to plan special Poppies to Paddington operation for Remembrance Day [Great Western Railway]

Date: 03/11/2020

Swathes of poppy wreaths will be placed on Great Western Railway trains and carried to London Paddington station on Remembrance Day.

The special Poppies to Paddington operation will involve nine train services and more than 60 stations covering the length and breadth of the Great Western network.

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Wreaths from across Great Western Railway network to be carried to the capital.

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GWR joins forces with The Veterans Charity to plan special Poppies to Paddington operation for Remembrance Day [Great Western Railway]

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