TWO-FACED rail bosses hailed a new golden age of railway “fine dining” yesterday — while preparing to chop up catering services.

A puff piece in the Western Mail announced that First Great Western would expand its catering services across trains in Wales and south-west England.

But rail workers’ union RMT demanded the privateer stop the spin on its decision to axe the popular Travelling Chef meals service from scores of intercity services.

It follows the start of an RMT campaign to save the travelling chefs, which First says it may replace with a “a “service more suited to the choices being made by our customers.”

Part of that is the “reintroduction of a retail trolley in standard-class coaches, and an at-seat service at weekends in first class.”

And from 2017 the privateer’s fleet will replaced by new trains which cram in more seats at the expense of buffet cars.

RMT acting general secretary Mick Cash said: “For First Great Western to try and spin the axing of the Travelling Chef service, and the replacement of the buffet cars with trolleys on the vast majority of their services, as some kind of return to the golden age of rail is an extraordinary act of misrepresentation of the facts.”

A spokesman for First Great Western said: “No decisions have been taken during discussion of the proposals with our teams and there will be no compulsory job losses as a result of any move.”