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Following the well attended and supportive open meeting on Monday 13 February 2012, ALRUG has finalised the response to the Department for Transport consultation on the new Great Western Franchise.  This response will be circulated to other major stakeholders. The … Continue reading →

ALRUG has issued a press notice welcoming the Department for Transport’s consultation on the new Great Western franchise.  You can read a copy here.

The Department for Transport published its consultation document on the replacement Great Western franchise on 22 December 2011.  The consultation runs until March 31 2012. Here are links to the consultation document, and the notice of the Invitation to Tender published in … Continue reading →

Those of you who came to our AGM will know that the Group has prepared a paper setting out aspirations for the new Great Western Franchise, which is due to start in April 2013.  A copy of the paper can … Continue reading →

The Government has announced the introduction of 48 additional carriages for First Great Western in 2012. The response from First Great Western, with further information about what this will mean, can be found here. 22 November 2011  

All of the 142 ‘Pacer’ units have now left the Exeter area. Units 142064 and 142029 left Exeter for the last time just after midday on Friday 21st October.  Photographic evidence provided by our Treasurer, Tony Jackson, is displayed below!  Five other … Continue reading →