ushawk
Established Member
Disappointing news, think Virgin are a good train company who have done bloody good since they first got the franchise. To have First Group getting the franchise is even more disappointing.
Lets have a little look at the other franchises they have/had -
First Great Western - disappointing at the beginning, but admittedly is now one of the top TOCs in the country, in my opinion. Hopefully the IWC franchise is ran like this.
First Capital Connect - do i need to say more about them ?
First Hull Trains - blighted by constant problems with their rolling stock, other than that they are a good TOC
First Scotrail and TPE - cant really say about them as ive never used them
Heathrow Connect - contained TOC which does a good job
FGE - did a decent job with what they had, of course ruined when NXEA took over
FNW - poorly run TOC
Mixed bag there, but i feel that First have only got it so the government get the most money - will be interesting if they do go the same way as GNER and NXEC.
Lets have a little look at the other franchises they have/had -
First Great Western - disappointing at the beginning, but admittedly is now one of the top TOCs in the country, in my opinion. Hopefully the IWC franchise is ran like this.
First Capital Connect - do i need to say more about them ?
First Hull Trains - blighted by constant problems with their rolling stock, other than that they are a good TOC
First Scotrail and TPE - cant really say about them as ive never used them
Heathrow Connect - contained TOC which does a good job
FGE - did a decent job with what they had, of course ruined when NXEA took over
FNW - poorly run TOC
Mixed bag there, but i feel that First have only got it so the government get the most money - will be interesting if they do go the same way as GNER and NXEC.
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