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« Reply #45 on: September 10, 2010, 03:10:07 »

Yes. For unaccountable reasons she's driven to Nailsea to begin her day out!
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« Reply #46 on: October 13, 2010, 14:46:50 »

From the FGW (First Great Western) website:

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First Great Western^s Allan on track for an awards hat-trick

First Great Western^s (FGW^s) Allan Lloyd has been nominated as a finalist in the Outstanding Customer Service category at this year^s Rail Staff Awards.
                                                           
If he is named the winner it will be the third time that Allan, who works as a Service and Delivery Assistant at Nailsea and Backwell station, has received an award for his consistently high levels of customer service over the past year.

Receiving more customer nominations than any other FGW colleague, he was named as a winner in the train operator^s annual Do You Know a Star? awards in autumn last year.

Allan also beat off stiff competition from other FirstGroup train operators to receive UK (United Kingdom) Rail Outstanding Employee Achievement award at FirstGroup's annual dinner at the end of last year.

The awards, hosted by Rail Staff magazine, will be held in Birmingham on October 23.

Allan^s manager, Tracy McCarthy, said: ^Allan is so passionate about his job. He^s made Nailsea and Backwell station his own and customers ask where he is when he^s not working. He really is an outstanding colleague who thoroughly deserves this award.^

Allan added: ^I would like to thank all the customers who keep nominating me for these awards. I love my job and I really look forward to going into work. It makes my day when customers are satisfied with the service they receive and it^s no trouble for me because I enjoy what I do so much.^
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« Reply #47 on: October 14, 2010, 00:09:03 »

Top work fella!
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« Reply #48 on: October 14, 2010, 21:27:39 »

Several previous posts here, on the merits of UK (United Kingdom) English compared with US English, have now been split off into a new topic, in The Lighter Side', at http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=7787.0

CfN.  Smiley
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« Reply #49 on: January 21, 2011, 23:30:03 »

Hmm.  Roll Eyes

Most people had to rely on the card only TVMs (Ticket Vending Machine) at Nailsea (or cash to on-train staff) to buy tickets over the Christmas and New Year, due to 'staff sickness and annual leave' meaning that our station was effectively unmanned again for three weeks.  Angry
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« Reply #50 on: March 17, 2011, 20:49:05 »

This afternoon, arriving at Nailsea & Backwell Station for my outward journey, I noted that both TVMs (Ticket Vending Machine) were 'out of service'. I went up the stairs to platform 2, and noted this, on the front of the ticket office:



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« Reply #51 on: March 17, 2011, 21:27:26 »

So, FGW (First Great Western) are directing customers to National Rail Enquiries in the first instance. Why can't they themselves provide details of alternative 'retail points'?
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« Reply #52 on: March 17, 2011, 21:31:17 »

0845 numbers.  Wink
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« Reply #53 on: March 17, 2011, 21:56:02 »

So, FGW (First Great Western) are directing customers to National Rail Enquiries in the first instance. Why can't they themselves provide details of alternative 'retail points'?

First level customer support is provided under contract by National Rail Enquiries, and FGW make a contribution in payment for that service.  If first level support was redirected in signifcant quantities to FGW's customer services section, which probably has a smaller staff than National Rail Enquires, the FGW service which is intended to be second level / handle the more complex stuff would get overrun.  I also suspect that National Rail has a lower cost base per enquiry, so it's cheaper to do it that way.
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