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- All aboard for steam destinations
- 16 October 2008Train operator First Great Western is inviting customers to step back in time in a promotion with heritage railway centres in the South and West.
- No trains to run through Bath on six successive weekends
- 10 October 2008Due to essential work to track and embankments being undertaken by Network Rail in the Bath area during October and November, no trains will run through Bath during six successive weekends.
- First Great Western’s £1 million give away
- 10 October 2008Train operator First Great Western is giving away £1million in £5 discounts to be used for train tickets for the first 200,000 customers who register online for a unique PIN number.
- All aboard for UK School Games
- 6 August 2008FirstGroup announces it will be official transport partner for UK school games between 28 -31 August 2008 to bring young competitors from all over the UK to West Country and to move young athletes between events
- First Great Western welcomes ORR proposal to double North Cotswolds track
- 5 June 2008 First Great Western welcomes the scheme being proposed by the Office of Rail Regulation ( ORR), to redouble the line from Moreton in Marsh to Evesham and to extend the double line east to Charlbury. The proposal is designed to deliver a Public Performance Measure (PPM) on this route of more than 90% of trains arriving on time. The work is planned to be delivered over the next two years.
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