ROYAL NAMING FOR FIRST GREAT WESTERN POWER CAR

One of First Great Western's High Speed Train power cars will have a Royal connection when it is named 'Prince Michael of Kent' in recognition of the Prince's lifelong fascination with railways and his extensive knowledge of the world's trains. The Prince will unveil the nameplates bearing his name at a ceremony at Bristol Temple Meads train station on Tuesday October 17. The naming is a part of a day of activities he is enjoying with First Great Western when he will also travel in the driver's cab of a High Speed Train and visit the company's full size replica driving simulator so that he can have a go at driving a train in a safe environment. First Great Western has named just two other High Speed Train power cars this year and decided to name the third for Prince Michael after hearing that it was his ambition to have a train or locomotive named after him.