Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Vaizey of Didcot (Conservative), on Monday, 18 December 2006, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 40 members in total.

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FIRST GREAT WESTERN TIMETABLE CHANGES

That this House notes the travel chaos caused by the new timetable introduced by First Great Western on 10th December 2006; condemns the resulting overcrowding caused by the reduction in services and the use of the smaller capacity Adelante trains instead of the usual high speed trains; further notes that this reduction in service comes at a time when fare rises have again risen far above the rate of inflation; and calls upon First Great Western and the Department for Transport to take urgent steps to reintroduce sufficient capacity as soon as possible into the network to enable as many commuters as possible to travel safely on regular, reliable services.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

526 

Session

2006-07

Other sponsors

Andrew MacKay

Baroness May of Maidenhead

Lord Benyon

Rob Wilson

Martin Salter

Subjects

Timetables Great Western Railway

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk