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« on: January 09, 2008, 11:19:00 »
This is a rumour, and is not confirmed......

Apparently i have heard 2 rumours the 1st One is that

1. First Great Western will be split again like it was e.g wessex, thames, and great western, and the great western section which includes all London Padd Services to Penzance, Bristol, Exeter, Cardiff, Plymouth, Weston, will be take over by Virgin, and also Virgin will take over from London Paddington to Hereford ( Cotswold Line ), and will double the cotswold line, but it will close for 2 months, but this is just a rumour...

2. National Express are planning to take over the whole first great western franchise..

Apparently ive heard the DfT» (Department for Transport - about) are planning to do this in May or October...
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« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2008, 11:30:17 »
Quote from: supersonic on January 09, 2008, 11:19:00
This is a rumour, and is not confirmed......

Apparently i have heard 2 rumours the 1st One is that

1. First Great Western will be split again like it was e.g wessex, thames, and great western, and the great western section which includes all London Padd Services to Penzance, Bristol, Exeter, Cardiff, Plymouth, Weston, will be take over by Virgin, and also Virgin will take over from London Paddington to Hereford ( Cotswold Line ), and will double the cotswold line, but it will close for 2 months, but this is just a rumour...

2. National Express are planning to take over the whole first great western franchise..

Apparently ive heard the DfT» (Department for Transport - about) are planning to do this in May or October...

I have heard 1. but not 2. Very important to note again that these are just rumours.
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« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2008, 12:17:27 »
Quote from: Lee Fletcher on January 09, 2008, 11:30:17
Quote from: supersonic on January 09, 2008, 11:19:00
This is a rumour, and is not confirmed......

Apparently i have heard 2 rumours the 1st One is that

1. First Great Western will be split again like it was e.g wessex, thames, and great western, and the great western section which includes all London Padd Services to Penzance, Bristol, Exeter, Cardiff, Plymouth, Weston, will be take over by Virgin, and also Virgin will take over from London Paddington to Hereford ( Cotswold Line ), and will double the cotswold line, but it will close for 2 months, but this is just a rumour...

2. National Express are planning to take over the whole first great western franchise..

Apparently ive heard the DfT» (Department for Transport - about) are planning to do this in May or October...

I have heard 1. but not 2. Very important to note again that these are just rumours.

yeah just to note these are rumours !
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« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2008, 12:53:20 »
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« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2008, 13:15:00 »
I have heard from a reliable source (based on what i've been told previously), that SWT▸ (South West Trains) have offered to take over running Portsmouth - Bristol/Cardiff, Weymouth and Exeter area services.

They currently have a surplus of DMUs▸ (Diesel Multiple Unit) (for the next 2 years). I know that SWT have wanted to do this before - I wonder if this time they will get the chance...
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« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2008, 13:27:24 »
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« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2008, 13:31:58 »
I'd love to see virgin run the hst services, but it's all dreams Tongue

i'm sure the dft would rather have there ^1bn than bother doing anything about fgw
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« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2008, 13:52:51 »
Virgin running HSTs▸ (High Speed Train) would be a distaster.

IMO▸ (in my opinion) FGW▸ (First Great Western) run a very good high speed service, just not so on West.

I don't believe any of it anyway  Tongue
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« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2008, 15:30:06 »
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« Reply #9 on: January 09, 2008, 16:11:40 »
I think that TerminalJunkie is determined to list all the songs from a certain Fleetwood Mac album.....
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« Reply #10 on: January 09, 2008, 16:26:24 »
I wondered how many I'd have to get through before someone spotted it! Cheesy
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« Reply #11 on: January 09, 2008, 17:22:21 »
and i heard a rumor that i am going to win the lottery on Saturday!!!!!!!!!
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« Reply #12 on: January 09, 2008, 17:29:03 »
Quote from: dog box on January 09, 2008, 17:22:21
and i heard a rumor that i am going to win the lottery on Saturday!!!!!!!!!

well it may just be a rumour, but staff are talking about it on first great western spoke to one of them today, and they say it's going around, that virgin may take over..
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« Reply #13 on: January 09, 2008, 19:12:36 »
BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) Points West reported last night (8/1) that the FGW▸ (First Great Western) franchise is under investigation by the DFT▸ (Department for Transport) whatever that means.
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« Reply #14 on: January 09, 2008, 19:20:09 »
Quote from: moley on January 09, 2008, 13:15:00
I have heard from a reliable source (based on what i've been told previously), that SWT▸ (South West Trains) have offered to take over running Portsmouth - Bristol/Cardiff, Weymouth and Exeter area services.

They currently have a surplus of DMUs▸ (Diesel Multiple Unit) (for the next 2 years). I know that SWT have wanted to do this before - I wonder if this time they will get the chance...
Please please let this happen...I have been saying for two years now that SWT should take over the running of these lines. It just makes so much sense, especially in the case of Cardiff-Portsmouth as it runs over a good part of SWT's territory. After all it is called SOUTH WEST trains so why not let it run trains that run in the South West leaving FGW▸ (First Great Western) to do what it does a pretty good job of and thats running Inter-city services.

Don't know what to suggest with the Thames side of the operation. Maybe those who use these services could come up with some suggestions?
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