Electric car points located at 44 First Great Western stations

Electric charging points are to be installed at First Great Western stations

Charging points are to be located at more than 40 train stations, as part of a government initiative to encourage electric car use.

First Great Western (FGW) has been awarded £315,000 to install the devices at 44 of its 210 stations.

Stations include Bristol Temple Meads, Exeter St Davids, Newquay, Oxford, Plymouth and Reading.

The initiative is part of a £9m scheme to install charging points around the country.

FGW's Major Projects Manager Sarah McManus said: "These charging points will enable customers to take full advantage of travelling in a more sustainable way, making their journey to our stations and onwards by train."

The full list of stations where charging points are to be installed: Aldermaston, Barnstaple, Bodmin Parkway, Bourne End, Bristol Parkway, Bristol Temple Meads, Charlbury, Chippenham, Cholsey, Clifton Down, Crowthorne, Didcot Parkway, Exeter St Davids, Frome, Gloucester, Goring & Streatley, Henley-on-Thames, Kemble, Liskeard, Looe, Moreton-in-Marsh, Newquay, Newton Abbot, North Camp, Oxford, Pewsey, Plymouth, Reading, Romsey, Redruth, Slough, St Austell, Taplow (East and West), Teignmouth, Theale, Tiverton Parkway, Torquay, Trowbridge, Truro, Warminster, Westbury, Yate and Yatton.