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Title: Has the new franchise boosted passenger numbers? Post by: Trowres on December 15, 2007, 22:17:15 Quote May be too little too late though. Anecdotal evidence on the commuter blog and personal observation suggests that passenger numbers, which fell at several Cotswold Line stations last year, have taken another hit. Would be interesting to know what Chiltern's takings at Bicester North were looking like this week... As we will probably have to wait a long time for official passenger numbers from the ORR, does anyone else have any information on whether the new franchise / timetable / reliability has affected passenger numbers? Title: Re: Has the new franchise boosted passenger numbers? Post by: Mookiemoo on December 15, 2007, 22:44:30 Quote May be too little too late though. Anecdotal evidence on the commuter blog and personal observation suggests that passenger numbers, which fell at several Cotswold Line stations last year, have taken another hit. Would be interesting to know what Chiltern's takings at Bicester North were looking like this week... As we will probably have to wait a long time for official passenger numbers from the ORR, does anyone else have any information on whether the new franchise / timetable / reliability has affected passenger numbers? If you can wait until Jan I can give you a daily blog Am in deutschland until then but as of Jan am back daily commuting Title: Re: Has the new franchise boosted passenger numbers? Post by: Trowres on December 23, 2007, 15:46:33 Thanks, Mookiemoo.
Graham E has already posted (somewhere...) an estimate of the effect on passenger numbers at Melksham. It will be very interesting to see what happens in Devon with the arrival of the 142, and, conversely, in Hampshire where SWT's 158's are now providing a more frequent service than their FGW predecessors of classes 150 and 153. Best wishes for Christmas... at least FGW should have a day or two without unplanned cancellations ;D Title: Re: Has the new franchise boosted passenger numbers? Post by: Timmer on December 23, 2007, 17:13:03 Best wishes for Christmas... at least FGW should have a day or two without unplanned cancellations ;D Indeed FGW will be operating a perfect service on Tuesday and Wednesday with absolutely no cancellations or short formed services.Title: Re: Has the new franchise boosted passenger numbers? Post by: Conner on December 24, 2007, 07:41:12 Best wishes for Christmas... at least FGW should have a day or two without unplanned cancellations ;D Indeed FGW will be operating a perfect service on Tuesday and Wednesday with absolutely no cancellations or short formed services.This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |