First Great Western Receives Notice
February 26th, 2008 under England, First Great Western, Rail, Train Operating Co's, Wales. [ Comments: none ]

Train operator First Great Western (FGW) received a formal notice from the government that the company is in breach of its franchise agreement as to the number of train cancellations.

The DfT served FGW with a remedial plan notice to improve services. First Great Western was regularly at the very bottom in the punctuality statistics.

Only last month FGW doubled the compensation paid to season ticket holders and apologised for delivering a poor service over the previous 12 months.

Passenger group “More Train Less Strain” staged another fare strike in the Bristol area in protest of First Great Western’s fare increases on 2 January 2008 which saw the cost of some of the most overcrowded routes increase by up to as much as 10%.

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Industrial Action on London Midland services
February 21st, 2008 under England, Industrial Action, London Midland, Rail. [ Comments: none ]

UPDATE: The strike action has been called off for the present time so a normal service will run on the 28th and 29th of February.

National Rail reports of proposed industrial action by ASLEF on London Midland services on 28 and 29 February 2008. Read more »
The Last of the Roaring HSTs
February 13th, 2008 under First Great Western, Rail, Rolling Stock. [ Comments: none ]

The roaring and ground shaking sound of class 43 High Speed Trains pulling out of stations while filling the train shed with blue smoke is becoming a rare site across Great Britain as, following a major refurbishing project, much of the HST fleet has been fitted with new engines. Read more »

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