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Update: House of Commons Early Day Motion - FGW Train Service Cuts

Early Day Motion 311: 27:11:06

FIRST GREAT WESTERN TRAIN SERVICE CUTS IN BRISTOL AND WEST OF ENGLAND
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Kerry McCarthy MP (Bristol East - Labour Party),
Mr Jeremy Browne MP (Taunton - Liberal Democrats),
John Penrose MP (Weston-super-Mare - Conservative Party),
Sarah McCarthy-Fry MP (Portsmouth North - Labour Party),
Dr Doug Naysmith MP (Bristol North West - Labour Party),
Roger Berry MP (Kingswood - Labour Party),
Gordon Prentice MP (Pendle - Labour Party),
Bob Spink MP (Castle Point - Conservative Party),
Martin Caton MP (Gower - Labour Party),
Jeremy Corbyn MP (Islington North - Labour Party),
Kelvin Hopkins MP (Luton North - Labour Party),
Lindsay Hoyle MP (Chorley - Labour Party),
John McDonnell MP (Hayes and Harlington - Labour Party),
Gregory Campbell MP (Londonderry East - Democratic Unionist Party),
Ann Cryer MP (Keighley - Labour Party),
David Drew MP (Stroud - Labour Party),
Rudi Vis MP (Finchley and Golders Green - Labour Party),
Robert N Wareing MP (Liverpool West Derby - Labour Party),
Jessica Morden MP (Newport East - Labour Party),
Robert Key MP (Salisbury - Conservative Party),
Derek Conway MP (Old Bexley and Sidcup - Conservative Party),
Sian James MP (Swansea East - Labour Party),
John Leech MP (Manchester Withington - Liberal Democrats),
Dai Davies MP (Blaenau Gwent - INDEPENDENT),
David Simpson MP (Upper Bann - Democratic Unionist Party),
Brian Jenkins MP (Tamworth - Labour Party),
Bill Etherington MP (Sunderland North - Labour Party),
Hywel Francis MP (Aberavon - Labour Party),
Janet Dean MP (Burton - Labour Party),
Janet Anderson MP (Rossendale and Darwen - Labour Party),
Stephen Williams MP (Bristol West - Liberal Democrats),
Don Foster MP (Bath - Liberal Democrats),
Paul Rowen MP (Rochdale - Liberal Democrats),
Julie Morgan MP (Cardiff North - Labour Party),
Liam Fox MP (Woodspring - Conservative Party),
Mark Williams MP (Ceredigion - Liberal Democrats),
John Hemming MP (Birmingham Yardley - Liberal Democrats),
Alan Simpson MP (Nottingham South - Labour Party),
Steve Webb MP (Northavon - Liberal Democrats),
Linda Riordan MP (Halifax - Labour Party),
Eric Illsley MP (Barnsley Central - Labour Party),
AJ Beith MP (Berwick-Upon-Tweed - Liberal Democrats),
Martin Horwood MP (Cheltenham - Liberal Democrats),
Sandra Gidley MP (Romsey - Liberal Democrats),
Andrew Murrison MP (Westbury - Conservative Party)


"That this House notes with concern that from 11th December 2006 users of First Great Western train services in the Bristol and West of England area will suffer the loss of their early morning train service from Cardiff to Bristol, early morning services and late evening services between Bristol and Gloucester, irregular intervals between trains from Bristol to Weston-super-Mare and Taunton, reduced capacity on short platform stations to Weston, such as Worle, loss of connectivity on trains to and from London and extensive reductions in train services to local stations in the Bristol area; further notes that First Great Western plans to reduce the amount of rolling stock used on train services in the Bristol area, including cutting Cardiff-Portsmouth trains from three to two coaches, an overall reduction of 1,839 seats, equating to a 20 per cent. cut in train seat availability, and a reduction in the number of trains from 69 to 57, equating to an 18 per cent. cut in trains; calls on the Government to urge First Great Western urgently to reconsider the reductions in levels of rolling stock on these key services, the consequences for overcrowding and forcing passengers onto the already heavily congested road network, with all the outcomes for increased carbon emissions, pollution and road traffic accidents that these train service cuts will lead to; and further calls on the Government to ensure that capacity and train service frequency in the Bristol and West of England area are maintained and improved."