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« on: October 17, 2007, 16:16:54 »
EK▸ (Economy Klaus (web log)) has a "rubbish Monday" and spots Alison Forster (link below.)
http://firstlatewestern.blogspot.com/2007/10/just-another-rubbish-monday-on-first.html
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« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2007, 21:23:36 »
Monday and tuesday weren't too good for BPW» (Bristol Parkway - next trains)-PAD» (Paddington (London) - next trains) journeys either.

One of the four journeys was ok, a few minutes late, the other three journeys combined to delay passengers by 75 minutes.

I was under the impression that FGW▸ (First Great Western) was trying to improve things, but two train failures in success days is not good!
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« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2007, 16:32:28 »
Train failures aren't planned events though.

They could always not send the stock out and cancel a few trains?
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« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2007, 18:40:45 »
Train failures are never planned, well I hope not!

However, good maintenance regimes will minimise failures! FGW▸ (First Great Western) has spent a lot of money replacing all engines, so to suffer to failures that caused delays on successive days is not good, and I should be able to expect FGW to do better, or should I?

Is it right that FGW should collect 400x^100=^40K(VERY APPROXIMATE GUESS) for a typical HST▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) return journey, and those customers to have to suffer delays due to train failures?
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« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2007, 18:53:04 »
Figure may be slightly lower as a lot of people travel on Advance purchase tickets although if everybody was on full whack tickets they would be rolling in it.

Compare that to local:

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