800008 "Alan Turing"
Great Western Railway Class 800 Intercity Express No 800008 "Alan Turing" (Leading Powercar) working 1B15 London Paddington to Carmarthen at St Georges, Cardiff on 29 March 2025.
Alan Turing was a World War Two codebreaker, based at the UK’s spy centre, GCHQ. He was not just a legendary code breaker and mathematician, he was also gay at a time when that was illegal, and tragically took his own life after being convicted. Therefore, the train that’s been named after him is also the GWR’s Trainbow train, the one with the rainbow flag for gay rights.
800008 "Alan Turing"
Great Western Railway Class 800 Intercity Express No 800008 "Alan Turing" (Leading Powercar) working 1B15 London Paddington to Carmarthen at St Georges, Cardiff on 29 March 2025.
Alan Turing was a World War Two codebreaker, based at the UK’s spy centre, GCHQ. He was not just a legendary code breaker and mathematician, he was also gay at a time when that was illegal, and tragically took his own life after being convicted. Therefore, the train that’s been named after him is also the GWR’s Trainbow train, the one with the rainbow flag for gay rights.