First Great Western Trains has announced today that it is to pay for more trains and better passenger compensation. This follows the paltry amount offered to season ticket holders in January.
We'll have to look at the detail, but I do hope that Reading passengers will get a fair deal. What everyone really wants (inlcluding me!) is a more reliable train service, and to a certain extent pledging 'jam tomorrow' by way of financial compensation will only go a small way to appeasing FGW customers.
The Reading Lib Dems kickstarted the local debate on FGW's performance last week.
I'd like to think we did our bit to add more pressure on this poor performing train operator to up it's game.
The public meeting the Council is now organising following our motion will give Reading's rail users their first real chance to hold FGW to account.
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