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Graham Ellis
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Overcrowded services this Easter
« on: April 08, 2007, 10:23:18 AM »
A trip to Bristol yesterday .... and even on a Saturday these are the conditions to / from Trowbridge:







Ironically, our trip was to a train meeting at which First told us that they currently ("This morning") have 69 units on the West fleet, of which 51 are required to operate the service.  The margin of 18 units should be comfortable, and provide some extras to strengthen services - say - between Westbury and Bristol.

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http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/overcrowded.html

http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/overcrowdedtoo.html

Also I note buses used to strengthen the 17:21 train from Weymouth on at least two occasions this week, and potential staffing level problems arising in the summer with TRAINED CREW being quoted as a "pinch point" resource. Perhaps the clue to this comes in the Arriva conductor at Trowbridge yesterday who was a far-from-happy camper; I understand that Arriva staff are being removed from these services in May.
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Re: Overcrowded services this Easter
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2007, 11:39:41 PM »
Which service was this? I was coming back to Bath Spa from Exeter on Saturday and got the 11.12 from Westbury to Bath and it was rammed like the photos below, I counted 50-60 standing and this was just in the 'carriage' I was in.

I have to say I'm getting truly fed up of being on FGW services and standing all the way because of busy services. On a recent Friday night service, once falling out of the train at Southampton having stood from Bath, I rang FGW there and then and went off on one - I got a letter back (with a £10 refund mind!) basically palming me off with the usual corporate spiel - one thing that did annoy me is FGW said passengers are choosing to get on crowed services so it can't be so bad, its all very well saying that but if you have to be somewhere what choice do you have?!

(Reading the link I think I was the one before yours, it was pretty horid I must say!)
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Re: Overcrowded services this Easter
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2007, 05:29:37 PM »
I will give you ALL a tenner if Arriva are gone by May!

To my knowledge, Bristol crew have not yet been learned south of Westbury (on the Pompey Line) so there is no scope for it, unless they re-diagram the whole of Westbury crew!
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