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Title: Eighteen years of First Group operation. Post by: grahame on December 13, 2023, 20:18:04 18 years on today since it was announced that First Group had won the Greater Western Franchise - 13th December 2005. At that time - and for a handover period until the following 1st April - National Express had been running our local trains in Melksham.
As their running of the trains here comes of age, how have they done? Title: Re: Eighteen years of First Group operation. Post by: JayMac on December 13, 2023, 21:17:42 C-
Could've done better. Much better. Title: Re: Eighteen years of First Group operation. Post by: IndustryInsider on December 13, 2023, 22:09:36 I’ll give them an A.
As well as anyone else would’ve done. Title: Re: Eighteen years of First Group operation. Post by: TaplowGreen on December 14, 2023, 07:01:23 C- Could've done better. Much better. Yep, that's a pretty fair and succinct assessment. Title: Re: Eighteen years of First Group operation. Post by: Henry on December 16, 2023, 17:29:11 Reminded of one of my old school reports many years ago ' Gentle decline continues'. Title: Re: Eighteen years of First Group operation. Post by: Phil on December 16, 2023, 18:02:02 I went down to the station in Melksham to mark this momentous occasion - unfortunately however it was showing as delayed, and sure enough it was eventually cancelled. Says it all, really.
Title: Re: Eighteen years of First Group operation. Post by: Clan Line on December 16, 2023, 18:47:37 Reminded of one of my old school reports many years ago ' Gentle decline continues'. If only the "gentle decline" was delayed and cancelled as often as their trains are................ (I have now put the GWR Delay Repay log in page on "speed dial" on my PC !) 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 |