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After Bradshaw's ceased printing in 1961 [4] (as it couldn't compete with the cheaper regional timetables), there was a gap of 13 years without a system-wide schedule. This changed in 1974, when British Rail launched their first nationwide timetable, costing 50p (roughly £10 in 2020) and running to 1,350 pages. [1]
A public transport timetable (also timetable and North American English schedule) is a document setting out information on public transport service times. Both public timetables to assist passengers with planning a trip and internal timetables to inform employees exist.
The detail found in Working Timetables includes the timings at every major station, junction, or other significant location along the train's journey (including additional minutes inserted to allow for such factors as engineering work or particular train performance characteristics), [2] which platforms are used at certain stations, and line codes where there is a choice of running line.
The National Rail network of 10,072 route miles (16,116 km) in Great Britain and 189 route miles (303 route km) in Northern Ireland carries over 18,000 passenger and 1,000 freight trains daily. Urban rail networks exist in all cities and towns with dense bus and light rail networks.
List Train name Company/ies Journey endpoints Dates operated 21st Century Limited [1] [2]: Grand Central: London King's Cross – Sunderland (one way only) : 2008 [2] – 2010 [citation needed]
A copy of the 2002 edition of the National Routeing Guide. The railway network of Great Britain is operated with the aid of a number of documents, which have been sometimes termed "technical manuals", [1] because they are more detailed than the pocket-timetables which the public encounters every day.
Train fares cost 2.7% more than under British Rail in real terms on average. [15] However, while the price of anytime and off-peak tickets has increased, the price of Advance tickets has dramatically decreased in real terms: the average Advance ticket in 1995 cost £9.14 (in 2014 prices) compared to £5.17 in 2014.
RailAir services are operated as public transport services by or on behalf of train operators, where the whole journey is paid for as a through-ticket which combines the railway and bus journey, [1] [2] although journeys can be made using the bus only. [1] As such, many are operated where the train and bus operator are owned by the same company.