Officers from British Transport Police (BTP) are appealing for witnesses after a young girl was touched and spoken to inappropriately on a train towards Cheltenham Spa.
The offence took place on Monday, 4 May on the 2.17pm Cross Country service from Birmingham New Street to Plymouth, which arrived at Cheltenham at 3.15pm.
PC Ben Smith, investigating, said: “During the journey,...
Labour candidate Luke Pollard has called on First Great Western and the Government to make an announcement on new trains before the election, not after it.
First Great Western has today been awarded a new four year franchise without any competition.
Luke Pollard, Labour’s Parliamentary Candidate for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, said:
Leader of Plymouth City Council, Tudor Evans has been to see for himself how work is progressing on the mammoth task of installing free Wi-Fi on every First Great Western Train in the region.
The works to make this happen has involved engineers installing a separate aerial on every single carriage across 53 sets of trains!
Councillor Evans along with Plymouth’s business...
Passengers enjoyed the first ever SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) therapy train carriage on the First Great Western 7.06am train from London Paddington Station to Penzance, Cornwall on Monday 2 January.
First Great Western collaborated with charity SADA, the Seasonal Affective Disorder Association, to see how they could brighten passenger’s journeys as the winter blues take their...
Rail union RMT has pledged an all-out fight over rail investment in the South West after the Transport Secretary cast doubt on the scale of investment in the Plymouth region’s railways by admitting that just £40million has been promised – despite calls for a £7 billion package.
RMT has branded the move a “complete and utter betrayal of the South West despite all the posturing and...
It may be an excuse poked fun at by many a comedy sketch but leaves on the line is such a serious problem that the Met Office has developed a new, enhanced, low adhesion forecast system to help the rail industry plan for the problem.
Autumn leaves can cost the rail industry in excess of £100 million a year, as they contaminate the rail head and can lead to very low levels of adhesion...
Alison Seabeck, MP for Plymouth Moor View, was delighted to be able to wave off the first 21.35 First Great Western train service from London Paddington to Exeter this week.
This added service came after questions from Ms Seabeck in the first meeting that MPs had with Government officials, after the storms left the Dawlish line hanging by a thread and Plymouth without a rail link....
Some Commuters could see their travel costs rise to over £5,000 a year as the rail fares increase nationwide.
Industry organisation, the Rail Delivery Group, have said that increase is the smallest increase in the last four years but campaigners have said the fares are still rising three times faster than average incomes.
On average UK rail fares are set to rise by 2.8% but...
Developed by Plymouth City Council and its highways contractor Amey in partnership with First Great Western and Network Rail, the scheme aims to better connect the train station with the city centre and has been part-funded by the Department for Transport (DfT) and Sustrans, the national walking and cycling charity.
Improvements include new footways between North Road East and the...
Members of the RMT working for sub-contractors Mitie on First Great Western will strike for 24 hours from Friday morning (11 October) in what the union has described as "a fight for a living wage and workplace justice".
The strike action follows a vote for action by members of the The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers which will see the sub-contracted cleaners walk...
