Train Watch

The local campaign group has launched a ‘Train Watch’. The details follow:

“TRAIN WATCH

We need to keep up the pressure on First Great Western to deliver the improvements they promised on Fare Strike Monday. So for the next four weeks, with your help, we are mounting a TRAIN WATCH. We are going to record exactly what is happening on our daily commute.

So that we are not completely overwhelmed with information we are going to stick to Monday to Friday, peak times only (Leaving Bath Spa and Oldfield Park between 07.30 and 08.45 - returning from Bristol Temple Meads between 16.30 and 18.30)

Starting tomorrow Thursday 25th January we would like each of you to email us, on a daily basis, just five pieces of information.

1. Which train you travelled on
2. Was it on time? Was it late - if so by how many minutes, was it cancelled?
3. How many carriages?
4. How crowded was it? Please use a scale of 1 - 4 see below
5. Any stories that we can use in future publicity campaigns - for example people forced to travel in the toilets; people left at the station unable to board the train; falling onto the track; feinting; delivering babies in the carriage; and so on - these stories are vital to our publicity machine as they add human interest to our cause. Names and contact numbers would be an added bonus.

Send your emails to: worstlatewestern@yahoo.co.uk

How crowded was your train?
1 not crowded - seats for everyone
2 moderately crowded - some standing
3 crowded - many standing
4 packed in like sardines - discomfort experienced”