Reliability focus at First Great Western

摘要

Speaking after First Great Western set what it claims to be a new record Plymouth - Paddington non-stop journey time of 2 h 43 min 25 sec using a specially-formed 2+5 HST set on October 13, FGW Managing Director Mark Hopwood outlined the challenges facing the TOC.rnWith Period 6 seeing a PPM score of 92.7%o for London ft Thames Valley services, 90.9%o for the West service group but just 85-1%o for High Speed services, Hopwood highlighted declining infrastructure reliability in the Thames Valley and the impact this is having across the TOC. 'We are working closely with Network Rail to ensure that their plans will recover the poor performance we have experienced in the last five months, as this is a key concern for the business', he said.