I have just received the following email:

Dear Passenger

Thank  you  for  contributing to the consultation for First Great Western’s proposed December 2006 timetable. The consultation has been a great success as  more than 9500 people contacted us with their suggestions and views. We promised to take all feedback into consideration, and respond appropriately when further information became available, hence this letter.

In  addition  to the changes we had already made, such as keeping the Night Riviera  Sleeper  and  Cardiff  half  hourly services, we have been able to change a number of other services to meet the demands of our customers. The final  decisions  on  the  timetable were made in conjunction with our rail industry  partners including Network Rail and the Department for Transport, and  whilst  we have tried to incorporate everybody’s requirements this has not  been  possible  in all cases. However where a commercially viable case exists  for  a service we will review the options and the business case for the  December  2007  timetable. I will be writing to you shortly to discuss the process for this.

The  December  2006  timetable  is  now  in  its  final  format and will be available    to    view  on   the   First   Great   Western   website   (www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk) from 28th July 2006.

I  note  from  your  original  correspondence  that  the area of particular interest  to  you  is  the  Melksham  service. From an overview of feedback received,  we  have  been  able  to  establish  that our customers are very concerned  about  the  reduction  in service shown on the proposed December 2006  timetable.  Whilst  we  have  looked  very  carefully  at alternative services  for  this line, and a number of potential solutions, we have also looked  at  passenger loading and it has not been found commercially viable to make any further changes at this stage.

Your  comments  will  be retained and considered for any future opportunity that  we  may  have to adjust the timetable, and we will be in contact with you regarding future timetables in due course.

Thank you once again for your comments.

Yours sincerely
Glenda Lamont
Customer Services Director

Not good but to be honest I had already prepared for the 'we have looked at it but cant change it reposnse'.  Is the only thing we can hope for now is to have a big name do something for us?