Management and Operations
First Great Western has three major depots:
- Old Oak Common TMD, 2 miles (3.2 km) from Paddington
- Laira TMD in Plymouth
- St Philip's Marsh T&RSMD, near Bristol Temple Meads
There are smaller carriage cleaning depots at Penzance, Landore and Exeter.
The current Managing Director of First Great Western is Mark Hopwood, who replaced Andrew Haines in December 2008. Sir Chay Blyth is chairman.
All on-train staff have DNA swab kits available, to help to identify passengers who commit crimes, for example spitting at staff.
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