Monitoring report

Thankyou to all those commuters who have been sent in their train monitoring data to Ox Rail Action. The information was very useful, and we have managed to get data on levels of overcrowding and lateness for nearly all the morning peak trains for the period 22nd January to the 2nd Feb.

Organisers of Ox Rail Action are now collating this information into a monitoring report. The aim of this report is to show FGW the continued problems after the small alterations made to the timetable on the 15th January, and to make recommendations for further changes. It will cover continued issues of overcrowding and lateness, but will also address other concerns raised by passengers such as lack of heating on turbos, passenger information boards, lack of communication and poor announcements.

Representatives of Ox Rail Action have been invited to a meeting with Richard Rowland, the Regional Director for FGW, to discuss our report and any changes that can be made. We will be provide copies of our report on our website as soon as it is written. In addition, we have been invited to an Oxford County Council meeting which the Transport Minister, Douglas Alexander, will be attending, at some point in March. We have not been told of the date of this meeting yet, but will provide updates when we know more.

Please keep e-mailing in (saveourtrains@googlemail.com) with details of your journeys, problems encountered, recommendations for changes and general comments. Also, keep complaining to FGW and to your local MP - train overcrowding is still a very hot issue within Parliament. We need to show everyone that we are still not satisfied with the level of service that we are receiving.

Thanks everyone, and happy commuting!

Susan

Ox Rail Action