Using the dropdown selection, you must specify whether you wish the first alert message to be delivered by e-mail or SMS.

If you specify an e-mail alert, at the time you specified in the At box, you will receive an alert that will contain all the relevant incidents that have been reported until that time which are likely to cause disruption to your train services; or a message indicating that there are no reported problems on your route.

If you choose an SMS alert, then at the time you specified in the At box, you will receive an alert that will contain all the relevant incidents that have been reported until that time which are likely to cause disruption to your train services. If there are no such reported problems then no SMS message will be sent.

It is possible to receive updates after your initial alert, should new information become available, or information previously delivered changes. Use the drop down provided to select whether you would like to receive these updates, and if so, whether you would like to receive them by email or SMS.

Note:

• the delivery method need not be the same as that of the initial alert;
• there is a limit to the total number of updates you will be sent via SMS, per alert, on any one day;
• updates may indicate both an improving or worsening of the previously stated situation;
• you will be sent updates between the time of your initial alert up until the end of your For trains between ... and ... time selection;
• if there are no changes reported, no updates will be sent;
• "Now OK" messages indicate that a previously reported problem is no longer relevant to the particular train service.

At this point you can choose whether you wish to be alerted regularly (every week on certain days) about your train services or whether you wish to be alerted about the train services on one particular day only. You can also set up a combination of both types (subject to a maximum total number of four SMS alerts being set up).

Tick the boxes relevant to the days you wish to receive alerts.

Indicate the times between which you are interested in catching your train. The times are in the 24 hour clock system (e.g. 4.30 in the afternoon is entered as 16:30).

You will only receive alerts for trains that are scheduled to leave your origin station between these times.

Indicates the station at which you start your journey on a train and the station at which you alight from that train. You can only select through train journeys (i.e. no changes of train en route).

If you wish to be alerted about more than one train service route (because for instance you change trains), you may register other train services between other pairs of stations, provided that the services are operated by that same Train Company.

If you have changed any alert details, you will need to click on "Update" at the bottom right of the page in order to implement the changes you have made.

This enables you to permanently delete any adjacent alert for which you have previously registered.

If you wish to add further alerts and you have filled in all the visible boxes, you can choose to open another Alert Entry Box.

(Note that the total number of SMS alerts for which you can register is limited to four).

Each alert is for a single journey leg but you can register for separate alerts for the different legs of your journey (subject to the maximum number of alerts permitted), if provided by First Great Western. If your onward journey uses the services of another Train operator you will need to register with them for that part of your journey (if they provide this service).