Thank you!
IndustryInsider - would you like to join Oxrail Passenger group? 

Thank you for the info.
Sorry, I don't use twitter... how can I see this announcement and who is it coming from?

Thanks.
Yep, notice board updated last weekend 

Hello everyone,

Thanks for your feedback.
First of all, Andymills is only a nickname, not my real name...

I agree with you in that other routes are more expensive.
I think paying any more than ^4000 to get to work is outrageous, particularly when compared with the poor reliability and punctuality during the year. I hope the relevant action/ passenger groups are fighting for this in those areas.

I am part of OxRail Passenger Group so my responsibility is to defend the quality of service Oxford commuters receive. I have calculated that in 2011 I suffered above 36h delay, and I consider that paying ^4300 for that service is not appropriate.
I have lived in other European countries where those fare levels can take you between cities >200km away.
An 80km journey (Oxford-London) that requires 1h is already generous, to which they have added a 10 minute buffer until they call it officially late^ and to on top of that not being able to make it ^on time^ is ^ in my impression ^ a very poor level of service.
Agree that the blame is to be shared between Network Rail and the Franchise operator, but we, as customers of FGW^▸ (First Great Western), can only push them.

Going back to the 0731 that now starts at Charlbury, our group made it clear that we are not asking FGW to not serve Charlbury passengers (although I would like to bring to your attention that they have 2 other peak services coming from Hereford at around that time stopping there). We are simply asking for the 0731 to arrive and depart ON TIME to/ from Oxford. It is ridiculous that this train now departs systematically late! This obviously doesn^t work and we are trying to find a suitable solution.

You might not agree, this is only my (and my group^s) view of things and we will continue to have regular dialogue with FGW to improve this.

Hello everyone,

Just to let Oxford commuters know of the existence of a group called OxRail Passenger Group.
Please see website: http://oxrailpassengergroup.wordpress.com/

OxRail Passenger Group was founded a few years ago, under the name of OxRail Action Group.

On 10 December 2006 First Great Western introduced a new timetable for their train services, and the quality of life of Oxford^s commuters took a dramatic turn for the worse. The new timetable reduced the number of fast direct services from Oxford to London in the crucial 06:00 to 08:00 period from 6 to 3. And to make matters worse the 3 cancelled services used to start empty at Oxford. Overnight the carrying capacity of the service was reduced by 80%, meaning a significant number of people had to stand all the way from Oxford to London.

Out of this chaos, the OxRailAction campaign was born. It started as a petition signed by over 250 people, which was then formed into a fully fledged campaign. The aim was to restore the previous capacity of fast direct train services from Oxford to London in the crucial period between 0600 and 0800.

In the last couple of years frequency of services has been significantly improved but reliability and punctuality of FGW^▸ (First Great Western) services from London Paddington to Oxford became the main issue of concern of this group.

Tired of suffering hours of delay each year, anxious about having an important appointment in the morning not knowing at what time the train will get you there, persistent signaling and train faults, radio silence from train manager or inconsistent messages as to the reason of the delay^ With annual season tickets above 4,000^ a year the current level of service is unacceptable.

Through regular dialogue with both FGW and Network Rail, this group of commuters is seriously lobbying for performance, reliability and punctuality improvements.

Please join us in this effort, we need you!
http://oxrailpassengergroup.wordpress.com/