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Mike Newman
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Re: A Shocking Realisation!
Posted by MikeGTN at 06:59, 27th February 2007
 
I've broken the trips and minutes delayed by month, and given an index of delay minutes/no. of journeys undertaken. Sort of speaks for itself! February doesn't appear to be a significant improvement.

MonthTripsMinutesMins/Trip
April 2006471402.98
May 200637882.38
June 2006501462.92
July 2006501162.32
Aug 200658430.74
Sept 2006441002.27
Oct 2006451322.93
Nov 2006381002.63
Dec 2006241476.13
Jan 2007502665.32
Feb 2007221135.14

Re: A Shocking Realisation!
Posted by grahame at 05:36, 26th February 2007
 
I couldn't resist some crunching .. 2 hours per month from 1st April last year as a whole, rising to 5 hours per month since 10th December.   All the more shocking seeing as I've not made any allowance for the Christmas holiday period when, I suspect, Mike, you didn't travel every day?

"The remaining services will be more reliable once we start the new timetable, so although you'll have fewer trains, some things will improve ....".   I must go back and find that quote, in an email to me from a senior FGW person, last Autumn.  Seems a little hollow.

Any evidence of "teething troubles" Mike, or is it too early to look at the figures month by month?

A Shocking Realisation!
Posted by MikeGTN at 16:19, 25th February 2007
 
Being something of an 'anorak' I keep fairly detailed records of my rail travel - even for the daily commute.

I was fiddling about with the database today, doing a little routine tidying. Out of curiosity I did some quick queries totalling the 'departure delayed' minutes.

Since the Greater Western Franchise began: 22.95 hours
Since the December Timetable Change: 12.27 hours

If I get time I'll do some more number crunching on these figures shortly. I was however startled to note I'd lost almost a day of my life waiting for delayed FGW trains!

Re: Mike Newman
Posted by grahame at 16:45, 5th February 2007
 
Hi, Mike ... and welcome.    We'll welcome your personal and professional input here ... many of us are not travel / transport experts, but we think that even us passengers / customer can smell some fishy things and poor practises at times!


Mike Newman
Posted by MikeGTN at 15:15, 5th February 2007
 
Hi, Mike here. Regular commuter from Highbridge & Burnham to Weston-super-Mare, and long-suffering user of a host of other FGW services in the area. I work in a local authority, in a transport related role, so I have both a personal and professional into the problems caused by poor frequency and reliability of public transport services. I've become involved in few campaigns in the past, but a lot of them seem haven't really reflected my concern for the local stations here and in Bridgwater, which are just a little too far from Bristol for FGW to care about!

Like Nick I suppose I'd be described as an enthusiast too, and its truly heartbreaking to see the service on some of my favourite journeys disappearing as FGW (and some of their sister companies) run them into the ground.

 
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