On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 10:59:17 +0100, "Jack Taylor"
wrote:
"Sam Holloway" wrote in message
.. .

This is the bit that gets me. One railway, one brand etc etc. But then
they've excluded the GN of WAGN and Central.

I can understand that this 'One' brand is current for the Eastern
region only, and hence Central isn't included, but the exclusion of
WAGN is quite irritating.

There's a very simple reason. Although the current rump WAGN is also run by
National Express, the long-term intention is to incorporate it into an
enlarged Thameslink franchise, when Thameslink 2100 (if?) comes about.
Therefore the SRA are hedging their bets, avoiding the expense of merging
WAGN into 'ONE' and then having to de-merge it at a later date.

Yes, that may be the underlying reason, but as a passenger (or
customer), I couldn't care less about that. Glad to see that those in
charge are putting the burecracy ahead of the paying passengers yet
again.

Does that mean, then, that the other Eastern franchises making up
'One' have been merged? I didn't think that was the case. I'm well
aware of how the same parent company operating many franchises has to
have some degree of separation between them, but I thought that was
still the case *within* One?

Nevertheless, the apparent lack of co-operation and bloody-mindedness that
appears to be going on between the National Express subsidiary 'ONE' and the
National Express subsidiary WAGN is positively astounding!

Definitely - it seems as if they're going out of their way not to
help. :-(

Sam
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Sam Holloway, Cambridge