Western routes grow by 47% for FGW

摘要

Addressing the TravelWatch South West AGM earlier this month, First Great Western Managing Director MaTk Hopwood reported that passenger numbers in western England had risen by 47% since the beginning of the FGW franchise on April 1 2006. The 12-5 million passenger-journeys made on FGW West services in 2005-06 had grown to 18-5 million in 2010-11. This growth in demand was matched by an increase in the FGW West fleet by 45°/o to 145 vehicles, compared to 100 originally specified in 2006.