Thursday, January 18, 2007

Getting better?

Not much time to blog this week but I've generally been much happier this week, with the 07:31 having more carriages and the 17:04 having 3 carriages some times at least. But of course the media spotlight has really been on First Great Western this week so I remain concerned as to what will happen when the media spotlight moves on.

Please take time to look at the comments on the blog...there are some excellent contributions.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Frome - Cardiff (0731 from Oldfield Park) had four carriages again this morning. Thanks to your protests and complaints this service now has a high priority. Even though it only had two carriages when it left Frome, a four coach train was sent empty from Bristol to meet it at Westbury where everybody was transferred to the four coach train. This wouldn't have happened without the pressure and publicity so keep it up.

FGW have announced that they have leased 6 to 8 carriages to strengthen the fleet. This may be a bit misleading as we think these are trains that will be going back to the leasing company, but the return date has been extended to cover the maintenance problems. They are NOT additional trains. They will have to go back before long. This is a question for you to ask FGW management. So basically, FGW now has more trains than it had planned for at this time but when the pressure dies down and the maintenance problem is 'solved' the fleet will be smaller and any failed trains will cause serious disruption.

Please be aware that front line FGW staff are fully behind yours and the 'more trains less strain' campaigns as we want the same outcome as you but obviously cannot protest against our employers.

8:38 AM  

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