LONDON, February 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Rail company orders revamp and roll-out of WiFi network across 23 of its

By Matt Chorley London Editor Chancellor Alistair Darling has ordered beleaguered rail firm First Great Western to "get a grip" - or its franchise will be at risk. Mr Darling said passengers were right to expect better services after months of delays, cancellations and overcrowding.

By Miles Davis Furious commuters across the Westcountry staged a fare strike in protest against "filthy, dilapidated and overcrowded" trains on First Great Western services.

Passengers on trains serving the Westcountry will today hold a fare strike in protest of poor service conditions. Commuters will wear cattle masks as part of the protest against packed, unreliable trains and rising fares on First Great Western.

PASSENGERS will wear animal masks today in a protest at being 'treated like cattle' by the train company branded the worst in Britain.