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Title: Train Operator Passengers Love To Hate Post by: Lee on April 24, 2007, 11:18:54 Guardian FGW article with quotes from Christian Wolmar & Susan Westlake (link below.)
http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2063928,00.html Title: Re: Train Operator Passengers Love To Hate Post by: simonw on April 25, 2007, 00:38:33 Hi
Thanks for the link, very interesting. It appears that Alison is suggesting that all the improvements that Network Work and FGW make will have no significant impact on Train puntuality and reliability for FGW Intercity traffic unless significant investment is made in Reading. Any ideas when this will happen? Commuting daily from BPW to Reading, I accept that platform and track capacity problems at both BPW(extra platforms due in May and late 2007) and Reading do cause delays, but the most frequent cause of problem is mechanical breakdown of trains. just one train failure between London/Reading in the afternoon causes mayhem! How does FGW compare to other rail franchises for reliability? All the best Simon 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 |