Twyford

Customers were left fuming in the cold at Twyford Train Station today waiting for their First Great Western Link “transformed” trains “service”.

Following a ‘technical problem’ trains to Reading were ‘disrupted’. A passenger reported that they started waiting for a train to Reading at 1645 and finally got on the first train that stopped at Twyford at 1810. Disruption does happen and problems do occur with ‘signals’ but standing for nearly 1 ½ hours in sub zero temperatures while train after train passes on the other track going to Reading without stopping leaves this particular “valued customer” dismayed.

At Reading station they were told that:-

The trains don’t stop unless they are asked to. Apparently no one had thought to ask them to stop at Twyford.

Great western link are trying to reduce the number of their local services to improve the Intercity ones.

As always Norman the Twyford station member of staff did everything possible to help his passengers. Unfortunately he only runs the station not the trains.

The First Great Western website at 2102 on 1st March said:

“First Great Western services continue to experience severe disruption following major signalling problems in the Maidenhead/Twyford area.

The problem has now been rectified, however delays and cancellations can be expected.

First Great Western apologises for any inconvenience caused.”

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