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It also operated commuter, suburban and regional services out of London Kings Cross and London Moorgate to Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk. Major destinations served included Cambridge, Kings Lynn and Peterborough. First Capital Connect ceased operations at 0. September 2. 01. 4, when the franchise was taken over by Govia Thameslink Railway, branded as Thameslink and Great Northern. HistoryeditOn 8 April 2. Strategic Rail Authority announced Danish State RailwaysEWS, First. Group, John LaingMTR, National Express and Stagecoach had been shortlisted for the Thameslink Great Northern franchise. Miles Casualty Cards. On 1. December 2. Department for Transport awarded the new franchise to First. Group with the services operated by Thameslink and West Anglia Great Northern transferring to First Capital Connect on 1 April 2. The term of the franchise was originally for nine years, finishing in 2. This was dependent on performance targets being met at the end of the fourth year, which would trigger an automatic two year extension, and an extension for up to three years after the sixth year at the discretion of the Df. MjWspN0c/0.jpg' alt='Fcc Train Drivers' title='Fcc Train Drivers' />T. It was announced on 5 August 2. September 2. 01. 3. This will help to facilitate the continued project delivery of the Thameslink Programme, in particular the introduction of new rolling stock, which will be completed after the expiry date of the existing franchise. The Thameslink franchise and the Great Northern part of the West Anglia Great Northern franchise were amalgamated in preparation for the Thameslink Programme formerly Thameslink 2. Thameslink route, with trains from Kings Lynn, Cambridge and Peterborough. On 2. July 2. 00. Thameslink Programme,7 and the project is now well under way. In the early part of 2. First Capital Connect conducted a study and undertook consultation on options for increasing the capacity of services to Peterborough and Cambridge. The final recommendations involved lengthening four peak services from eight to 1. May 2. 00. 9, and adding or removing a small number of stops to balance loads between trains. In December 2. 01. Df. T announced that all services operated by First Capital Connect would be included within the new Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchise. On 2. 9 March 2. 01. Department for Transport announced that Abellio, First. Group, Govia, MTR and Stagecoach had been shortlisted for the new franchise. The Invitation to Tender was to have been issued in October 2. JJ0PQ8CS_1w.jpg' alt='Fcc Train Drivers' title='Fcc Train Drivers' />However, in the wake of the Inter. City West Coast re franchising process collapsing, the government announced in October 2. In January 2. 01. March 2. 01. 4. 1. In March 2. 01. 3, the Secretary of State for Transport announced plans for a direct award franchise which would run until 1. September 2. 01. 4. On 1. 8 February 2. UPS drivers preparing to get behind the wheel will soon be using virtual reality to do so. Columbia Police confirm one person is dead in a collision involving a train and male pedestrian. Department for Transport announced it had agreed a new short term franchise with First Capital Connect, running for six months to September 2. On 2. 3 May 2. 01. TSGN franchise was awarded to Govia with services operated by First Capital Connect transferring to Govia Thameslink Railway on 1. September 2. 01. 4. Refreshed Standard Class interior of a Class 3. The routes operated by First Capital Connect off peak Monday to Friday were, with frequencies in trains per hour Great NortherneditFrom London Kings Crosseditto Peterborough 2 1 semi fast, 1 stoppingto Cambridge non stop 2 1 extended to Kings Lynnto Cambridge 2 1 semi fast, 3 stoppingFrom London Moorgateeditto Hertford North via Gordon Hill 3 1 extended to Letchworth Garden Cityto Welwyn Garden City 3. Unlike the Thameslink route, there was only one control centre for FCC services on the Great Northern route, at Kings Cross, within the power signal box. ThameslinkeditSevenoaks via Catford to Kentish Town off peak or Bedford peak trains 2 jointly operated with SoutheasternBedford to Brighton 4 2 semi fast, 2 stoppingLuton to Sutton London via Wimbledon 2. St Albans to Sutton London via Mitcham Junction 2. This gave a frequency of 1. London Blackfriars and St Pancras. During the peaks this increases. FCC had two control centres or Service Delivery Centres, SDC for the Thameslink route. North of Blackfriars was controlled from West Hampstead, within the power signal box south of Blackfriars from Three Bridges, which was also home to other southern TOC controls. Major service disruptionseditThe disruptions were triggered by FCC drivers declining to work overtime or during their allotted rest days, following their rejection of a proposed pay increase of 0 rising to 3 in 2. Without access to overtime and rest day work, FCC was unable to provide enough drivers to maintain its standard Thameslink service. Disruption continued into January 2. England although snow was not the only problem, and although significant snowfall ended on 6 January, FCC continued to run emergency timetables through to 1. January. 1. 9Trains returned to the normal timetables from 1. January,2. 0 but delays and cancellations continued as a result of signalling problems. It was revealed that First Capital Connect achieved 6. January 2. 01. 0 on the Thameslink route. First Capital Connect has since offered improved discount and refund packages for customers affected by the disruption. On 2. 3 December 2. FCC introduced an emergency timetable on the Great Northern route, reducing the number of rush hour trains by 7. This was due to snow which had damaged some of the trains, making them unable to run. Customer satisfactioneditAngry commuters started a petition on the Prime Ministers website to end First Capital Connects franchise during 2. Other people have asked for a full enquiry into the service,citation needed while Lord Adonis, the former Secretary of State for Transport, described the service offered by FCC on its Thameslink route as shoddy and very substandard, and said that if improvements were not made the company could be stripped of its franchise. In its Autumn 2. 00. National Passenger Survey, Passenger Focus said FCC had the lowest overall satisfaction rating of any UK train operator, at 7. OvercrowdingeditFirst Capital Connect was criticised for running some of the countrys most overcrowded trains the 0. Cambridge to London Kings Cross frequently was reported to have had 7. This situation was recognised by FCC itself We recognise that overcrowding is the biggest issue affecting our customers. This is at an unacceptable level on some of our services. From 2. 7 May 2. 00. FCC introduced extra carriages, which meant that this service became a 1. In early 2. 01. 3, Which magazine carried out a survey which rated First Capital Connect as the worst train operator. PricingeditIn mid 2. First Capital Connect introduced evening peak time fares for northbound travel out of London as a franchise commitment with the Department for Transport.