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Extracts from FGW “Building A Greater West” franchise booklet relevant to Wiltshire services presented 24 June 2015 1. Core franchise period 0200 Sunday 20 September 2015 to 0159 Monday 1 April 2019. DfT may at it’s discretion extend by a further year. FGW will pay £68m to operate the franchise. 2. By May 2017 there will be a reduction in Bedwyn/Kintbury/Hungerford through services. By summer 2017 will switch some current Bristol services to the Berks & Hants route via Newbury using Super Express Trains. Cascade Turbo fleet from Thames Valley to Cardiff-Portsmouth route. 3. Timetable from Dec 2018; 2tph London to Bristol TM, 2tph London to Bristol Parkway. 2tph London to S.Wales, 1tph Oxford, 1tph London to Cheltenham, 1tph London Exeter fast train Reading, Taunton, 1tp2h London to Exeter stopping Reading, Newbury, Pewsey Westbury, Castle Cary,Taunton 4. Improvements in times from electrification; London to Bristol Temple Meads 15mins typical, reduces journey time to 90 mins, 5. £2.2m Customer and Communities Improvement Fund. Additional funding for Community Rail Partnerships. 6. A new 330 space car park at Kemble station 7. Newbury-Bedwyn Route: From May 2017. Potential for Independently Powered EMU operation (IPEMU) Paddington to Bedwyn. Bedwyn- London services replaced by Newbury-London EMUs and a Newbury- Bedwyn diesel shuttle. (It is 13 miles Newbury-Bedwyn) 8. Bedwyn-Westbury-Taunton Route: From May 2017 0605 Frome- Paddington HST replaced by Frome-Newbury DMU and a connecting
