On Thu, 23 Dec 2010 10:41:23 -0800 (PST), D7666
wrote:
On Dec 23, 6:32=A0pm, Bruce wrote:
Thameslink can be an amazingly useful
How this route is ever going to sustain 24 TPH
First Group puts shareholder value above all else. =A0As long as there
are no really serious (8 figure) financial penalties for a franchise
holder's non-performance, nothing is going to change and 24 TPH is
just a pipe dream. =A0
First Group has a uniquely deep contempt for its paying customers.
That culture isn't ever going to change unless DfT Rail makes the sort
of threats that brought First Great Western to heel in similar
circumstances. =A0Sadly, I see no sign of that happening with FCC.

heh )

I deliberately worded my comments in terms of route not TOC to prompt
response - but indeed your words are exactly what i really think about
it.

I do not know how First get away with what they do.


Perhaps any investigation into that should start by recording the
history of donations by First Group to the main political parties in
Westminster and Holyrood, also to individual members of those parties.