With ongoing delays to the appearance of 769's, now well overdue, and non - appearance of 230's combined with the approach of the deadline for PRM mods, this is the inevitable result. The apparent promise of 5 x 1car 153' s from GWR in March is not going to make much difference so the outlook for the Spring and Summer is not good. The launch of TFWrail was much too upbeat and raised unrealistic expectations of rapid improvements which were never going to be delivered. The launch should have been accompanied by a frank admission that for the first few years until new trains were built there would be little substantial improvement to services. But - hey, when do politicians/government officials ever tell it as it really is?