Editing First Great Western Link (section)

==Rolling stock==
FGWL inherited a fleet of [[British Rail Class 165|Class 165]]s and [[British Rail Class 166|166]]s from Thames Trains. A franchise commitment was to use five [[British Rail Class 180|Class 180 ''Adelantes'']] from sister company [[First Great Western]] on [[Cotswold Line]] services from December 2004,<ref>{{cite magazine |title= Thames to see 125mph trains from First by next December |magazine= [[Rail Magazine]] |issue=|date= 2004|page=}}</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=May 2023}} releasing five Class 165s for transfer to [[Chiltern Railways]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title= Thames 165s on their way to Chiltern |magazine= [[Rail Magazine]] |issue=487 |date=  2004|page=}}{{Full citation needed|date=May 2023}}<!-- Issue 487 was not dated 24 November 2004 so were removed  as well as page --> </ref> Because of the short nature of the franchise and the fact that the Class 165s and 166s had only recently been repainted, the Thames Trains livery of white, blue and green was retained with FGWL branding applied.<ref>{{cite magazine |title= First reveals branding for Thames Turbos |magazine= [[Rail Magazine]] |issue=486 |date=  28 April 2004|page=14}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Fleet at end of franchise
|-
! rowspan="2" |Class
! rowspan="2" |Image
! rowspan="2" |Type
! colspan="2" |Top speed
! rowspan="2" |Number
! rowspan="2" |Built
|-
!mph
!km/h
|-
|[[British Rail Class 165|Class 165/1 ''Networker Turbo'']]
|[[File:165137 at Reading.JPG|100px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[diesel multiple unit]]
| rowspan="2" |90
| rowspan="2" |145
|36
|1990–1992
|-
|[[British Rail Class 166|Class 166 ''Networker Turbo'']]
|[[File:166202 at Evesham.JPG|100px]]
|21
|1992–1993
|}