Govia get Thameslink Franchise

[jon0844]

FCC has been selling them for scrap. Next will be the overhead wires later tonight...

 

[tsr]

FCC has been selling them for scrap. Next will be the overhead wires later tonight...

Apparently there is a desperate bid to stop one of the directors "borrowing" some of the track at St Pancras, and as for the escalators...

 

[bussnapperwm]

So almost impossible to travel on both? Shame

Only unless you do a short hop like Blackfriars to St Pancras then NX to Gatwick...


As an aside both the last FCC and first TL services in London are both Cl319s.

The first GN is 0556 ex London Kings Cross Cl313...with the last FCC at 0111 (cl313)

Data from RTT

 

[ModernRailways]

Only unless you do a short hop like Blackfriars to St Pancras then NX to Gatwick...


As an aside both the last FCC and first TL services in London are both Cl319s.

The first GN is 0556 ex London Kings Cross Cl313...with the last FCC at 0111 (cl313)

Data from RTT

The first Great Northern service may be unit swapped if Govia want to use it as a press event. Probably be a refurbished 365 with the new logo slapped on the side.

 

[hassaanhc]

So there was talk about what will happen to the "FCC Only" restriction. Looks like it has been changed to "Gt Northern Only". Slight problem: No Great Northern services go to Brighton! :P
(TOD details and ticket number blurred as there were personal details and I haven't used the ticket yet )
This same restriction was showing on Southern's website.

 

[Manchester77]

The Thameslink app has been put on the apple app store
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App looks good, it's not just for journeys in TSGN I've just put in my frequent journeys and local station here in Manchester and it's working fine.

 

[jon0844]

So there was talk about what will happen to the "FCC Only" restriction. Looks like it has been changed to "Gt Northern Only". Slight problem: No Great Northern services go to Brighton! :P
(TOD details and ticket number blurred as there were personal details and I haven't used the ticket yet )
This same restriction was showing on Southern's website.

Oh dear.

 

[Manchester77]

Has a station facilities feature which is quite good.

 

[Class377/5]

So there was talk about what will happen to the "FCC Only" restriction. Looks like it has been changed to "Gt Northern Only". Slight problem: No Great Northern services go to Brighton! :P
(TOD details and ticket number blurred as there were personal details and I haven't used the ticket yet )
This same restriction was showing on Southern's website.

There's an issue with the wording on the tickets with GN wording applying to TL tickets.

 

[Manchester77]

Just from my playing around with the app if say it's far better to use if you're looking up a journey you do every day than the national rail app.

 

[Stats]

So there was talk about what will happen to the "FCC Only" restriction. Looks like it has been changed to "Gt Northern Only". Slight problem: No Great Northern services go to Brighton! :P
(TOD details and ticket number blurred as there were personal details and I haven't used the ticket yet )
This same restriction was showing on Southern's website.

On the Southern WebTIS it appears that tickets valid on FCC only today are worded Great Northern. But from Monday, they are correctly worded Thameslink only.

 

[jon0844]

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Has a station facilities feature which is quite good.

As long as it doesn't just take data from National Rail/ATOC which invariably means loads of it will be out of date and incorrect (in my experience).

I do wonder if anyone realised you need to keep updating this information, including station layout maps, facilities (as kiosks/shops change) and other details?

 

[infobleep]

On Track should gain the ability to buy tickets in September 2015.

Why does it take a year. Is it complicated to program? I work in IT. I wouldn't have thought it would take a year to program it.

 

[southern442]

As long as it doesn't just take data from National Rail/ATOC which invariably means loads of it will be out of date and incorrect (in my experience).

I do wonder if anyone realised you need to keep updating this information, including station layout maps, facilities (as kiosks/shops change) and other details?

I see NR haven't updated their zoomable all stations map yet with TL and GN.

 

[Class377/5]

I see NR haven't updated their zoomable all stations map yet with TL and GN.

You mean ATOC

 

[southern442]

You mean ATOC

doh!

 

[Hadders]

I was a Bedford station earlier and noticed the station posters, timetables etc have already been changed.

Looked inside a couple of 319's while waiting for my train. The route diagrams and safety information posters have been swapped, the route diagrams are dual branded Thaneslink and Great Northern.

319425 is still named 'First - Transforming Travel'! I wonder if someone forgot to remove the stick on name plate?

 

[hassaanhc]

Oh dear.

There's an issue with the wording on the tickets with GN wording applying to TL tickets.

On the Southern WebTIS it appears that tickets valid on FCC only today are worded Great Northern. But from Monday, they are correctly worded Thameslink only.

Oh ok, thanks for the explanation

I was a Bedford station earlier and noticed the station posters, timetables etc have already been changed.

Looked inside a couple of 319's while waiting for my train. The route diagrams and safety information posters have been swapped, the route diagrams are dual branded Thaneslink and Great Northern.

319425 is still named 'First - Transforming Travel'! I wonder if someone forgot to remove the stick on name plate?

On the other hand, Brighton still had stacks of FCC pocket timetables (B1 and B3) available, and none with the new Thameslink logo.

 

[asylumxl]

I was a Bedford station earlier and noticed the station posters, timetables etc have already been changed.

Looked inside a couple of 319's while waiting for my train. The route diagrams and safety information posters have been swapped, the route diagrams are dual branded Thaneslink and Great Northern.

319425 is still named 'First - Transforming Travel'! I wonder if someone forgot to remove the stick on name plate?

Same was true at Luton earlier. Saw a guy changing all the signage around as I passed through.

 

[Class377/5]

First branded TL unit will be 'seen' Monday.

 

[theageofthetra]

FCC twitter will be ending tonight.

 

[causton]

FCC twitter will be ending tonight.

FCC everything will be ending tonight!

(Image from the FCC Twitter page

 

[ModernRailways]

The FCC website has now pretty much ceased with almost nothing on it. Thameslink/GN site is still redirecting to the Holding page. Wonder what time they will launch the site.

 

[bussnapperwm]

The FCC website has now pretty much ceased with almost nothing on it. Thameslink/GN site is still redirecting to the Holding page. Wonder what time they will launch the site.

Hopefully 0200 tonight?

 

[Class377/5]

The FCC website has now pretty much ceased with almost nothing on it. Thameslink/GN site is still redirecting to the Holding page. Wonder what time they will launch the site.

02:00 as currently the TSGN franchise doesn't exist until that time.

 

[SamanthaJ1989]

On the other hand, Brighton still had stacks of FCC pocket timetables (B1 and B3) available, and none with the new Thameslink logo.

May depend on what tie you were there. They Had FCC delay repay forms at 14.00 but not a 20.50 when the new stock of delay repay forms came in

 

[91103eastcoast]

02:00 as currently the TSGN franchise doesn't exist until that time.

The new website has gone live now.

 

[FlippyFF]

RTT shows

2G03 0129 London Blackfriars to Bedford
First Capital Connect & Thameslink service departing on 14th September 2014

Farringdon [ZFD]
Operated by Thameslink (TL) from here.

 

[ainsworth74]

I see that journey planners are showing TL and GN for the new operator. Wonder why they were able to change it for this franchise hand over but not, for example, for National Express East Coast or East Coast (which still use GNER's GR).

 

[petersi]

The new website has gone live now.

The engineering works part of the site is poor easier to find out about Watford junction than bus from Hatfield in stead trains This sunday