Great Western

Great Western can refer to:

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Great Western, Victoria, a town in Victoria, Australia
Great Western Divide, a long ridge in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains, USA
Great Western Mountain, a mountain in central Sri Lanka
Great Western Tiers, a collection of small mountain bluffs in Tasmania, Australia
Great Western Woodlands, biodiverse area in South West Australia

Great Western Railway, a UK railway company nationalised in 1948 and that has since lent its name to:
- Great Western Main Line, a principal passenger and freight rail route
- Great Western Railway (train operating company), traded as Great Western Trains until 1998, then First Great Western until 2015
- Great Western Holdings, a company formed in 1994 to bid (successfully) for the Great Western franchise
- Great Western was the name of several locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway, from different classes:
Great Western Railway (Ontario), originally of Canada West
Great Western Railway (Saskatchewan), a short line railway in Canada
Chicago Great Western Railway, US
Great Western Railroad (Illinois) (1853-1865), predecessor of the Wabash Railroad, US
Great Western Railroad (Ohio), US
Great Western Railway of Colorado, US
Great Western railway station, near the Great Western Mountain, Sri Lanka

Great Western Air Ambulance Charity, helicopter ambulance trust in South West England
Great Western Ambulance Service, a former NHS emergency services trust in South West England
Great Western Arms Company, former firearms manufacturer in California, US
Great Western Bank (disambiguation)
Great Western Brewing Company, located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Great Western Business and Normal College, former college in Kansas, US
Great Western Cities, partnership between Bristol, Cardiff and Newport, UK
Great Western Combination, former football league in South Central England
The Great Western Cotton Factory, former cotton mill in Bristol, UK
Great Western Garment Co., former clothing company in Alberta, Canada
Great Western Hospital, in Swindon, England
- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust runs the Great Western Hospital, Swindon
Great Western Hotel (disambiguation), several hotels
Great Western Lacrosse League, former sports conference in US
Great Western Steam Laundry, former laundry in Glasgow, UK
Great Western Mine, a coal mine in South Wales, UK
Great Western Mine (Lake County, California), a mercury mine in California, USA
Great Western Schoolhouse, historic place and museum in Ohio, US
Great Western Sugar Company, a sugar company headquartered in Denver, Colorado

SS Great Western, the first purpose-built trans-Atlantic steamship, 1838
PS Great Western (1864), owned for a time by the Great Western Railway, later named PS Lovedale
TSS Great Western (1901), built for GWR, renamed 'GWR No. 20' in 1933
TSS Great Western (1933), built for the GWR to replace a previous ship of the same name
USS Great Western, ammunition ship of Union Navy during US Civil War

Sarah A. Bowman (c. 1813-1866), American innkeeper, restaurateur, and madam
The Great Western, an album by James Dean Bradfield
Great Western Building, colonial-era residence, court and hotel in Mumbai, India
Great Western Cattle Trail, cattle driving trail, US
The Great Western Chorus of Bristol, a men's a cappella chorus singing primarily in the Barbershop style
Great Western Loop, long-distance hiking trail in the western US
Great Western Trail, multiple-use route between Canada and Mexico
Great Western Trail (board game), based on the Great Western Cattle Trail
Great Western Turnpike, former series of toll routes in New York state, US
Great Western Valkyrie, an album by Rival Sons