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The Sectional Appendix is the definitive source of information on UK railway infrastructure for specific regions. The Weekly Operating Notice (WON) provides information of Safety Notices, Temporary Speed Restrictions, Engineering Arrangements, Signalling & permanent Way alterations and General Instructions & notices for specific regions.
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] The British Rail Passenger Timetable continued to be published annually until 1986, at which point it was split into summer and winter issues.
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.
List of Train Operating Companies on the National Rail website Archived 4 January 2006 at the Wayback Machine; Map of Train Operating Companies on the National Rail website; Barry Doe's colour-coded map showing operator(s) on each route (Large PDF)
Until 1974 each region of British Rail published its own timetable. The first Great Britain timetable started on 4 May 1974. [ 13 ] Prior to that the only joint publication between regions had been a publication of 30 principal passenger services from 1962, following the demise of Bradshaw in 1961. [ 14 ]
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The U.K.’s biggest rail strike in decades brought trains across the country to a halt. The company operating Britain’s massive railway network is withholding bonuses from as many as 20,000 ...
Railway lines in England and Wales, as of 2010 This is a list of railway lines in Great Britain that are currently in operation, split by country and region . There are a limited number of main inter-regional lines, with all but one entering Greater London . [ 1 ]