The MTLS fare strike clearly hit a raw nerve with the govt and FGW . However I think several more pushes are needed to topple FGW from its plinth - or get it to make serious changes to it's mangement. But they may also be biding their time at the moment waiting to see if we go away.

It's my guess that the DfT  and  fgw are both feeling more vulnerable to public pressure than they have for some time. The time is ripe for other areas with big commuting populations to hold their own fare strikes. They are easy - and fun- to organise though they will take a couple of people some very careful planning. If Bath was followed by Reading, and Oxfrod, and Didcot, and Chippemnham and Swindon then we really might see a different attitude from FGW and Tom Harris. The nearere the fare striles get to London , the more pressure their will be on Westminster to sort this out.
If anyone wants help to organise their own fare strike leave a message for me on this forum.
Let's not give up now!!