First Group Railway Companies - First Scotrail, First Great Western, First Capital Connect, First Transpennine Express, First Hull Trains (Paperback)

Chapters: First Scotrail, First Great Western, First Capital Connect, First Transpennine Express, First Hull Trains, First North Western, Firstgbrf, First Great Eastern, First Great Western Link. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 86. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: 4 Class 57 diesel locomotives12 Class 142 Pacer sets8 Class 143 Pacer sets22 Class 150 Sprinter sets12 Class 153 Super-Sprinter sets19 Class 158 Express Sprinter sets36 Class 165 Network Turbo sets 21 Class 166 Network Express Turbo setsFirst Great Western is the operating name of First Greater Western Ltd, a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup, that serves Greater London, the South East, South West and West Midlands regions of England, and South Wales. On 1 April 2006, First Great Western, First Great Western Link and Wessex Trains combined into the new Greater Western Franchise. First was announced as the operator of the combined franchise in December 2005 for a 10-year period. First Great Western operates high speed services between London Paddington, Cotswolds, South Wales and the West Country, commuter services in London and the Thames Valley and local services in the south west of England. First Great Western operates 210 stations and its services call at over 270. First Great Western operates a large diesel fleet. High speed services are operated by HST trains (British Rail class 43 Locomotives) with Mk3 coaches. Commuter services in the Thames Valley use Class 165 and Class 166 Turbo trains, while local services in the South West are operated with a variety of 2 and 3 car DMUs. Locomotive hauled trains are now in use on services between Cardiff, Bristol, Taunton and Paignton. Great Western Trains was formed as part of the privatisation of British Rail. As with all of the original franchises, Great...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=77197