tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720533319314375578.post6939567619681298992..comments2023-09-22T09:04:08.445+01:00Comments on I Hate First Great Western: Calling all cattle: do you use Twyford?Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04370668804468208750noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720533319314375578.post-23179482421929272272007-11-02T11:05:00.000+00:002007-11-02T11:05:00.000+00:00I travel from Pangbourne to Paddington every day. ...I travel from Pangbourne to Paddington every day. Words cannot describe how much I hate First Great Western at the moment. I waste so much of my life waiting for delayed FGW trains.Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341517544372573801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720533319314375578.post-55543864343826765222007-10-23T22:36:00.000+01:002007-10-23T22:36:00.000+01:00Slightly off topic, or maybe not.I, unfortunately,...Slightly off topic, or maybe not.<BR/><BR/>I, unfortunately, commute from Langley into Paddington. Lately I've noticed a pair of private security contractors in bright yellow vests hanging around on platform 4, and I finally figured out their purpose.<BR/><BR/>To stop people breaking the smoking ban? No, they just stand there and watch.<BR/><BR/>To stop the college kids running across the train tracks instead of the 30 seconds it takes to cross the over using the bridge? No, they just stand and watch that too.<BR/><BR/>No, their actual purpose is to jam the train doors shut on the packed trains. As I'm sure most are probably aware, the trains are so jam packed that the doors often don't close properly without some "help". So that is worst-great-western's answer to the overcrowding problem - hire a pair of goons, who no doubt work for a friend of a friend of one of the FGWs directors.<BR/><BR/>I have seen similarly attired personnel on other platforms further towards london - west drayton, hayes, southall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720533319314375578.post-35290464359130104462007-10-23T21:46:00.000+01:002007-10-23T21:46:00.000+01:00I KNEW there had to be a blog about FGW! Did you s...I KNEW there had to be a blog about FGW! Did you see how many trains were cancelled tonight through staff shortage? Good grief.<BR/>I specialise in Cancellations in Devon, personally;-)Lord Huttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10243668575631936439noreply@blogger.com