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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.
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]
Avanti West Coast and East Midlands Railway (EMR) and Southern are becoming the latest train firms to reintroduce services.
Train fares cost 2.7% more than under British Rail in real terms on average. [17] 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.
Titled Trains of Great Britain. London: Ian Allan. "Bradshaw's British Railways Official Guide No. 1507". London: Henry Blacklock. 4 January 1960. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= "The Titled Trains of Britain - Part 1: 'The Aberdonian' to 'The Norseman'". The Railway Magazine. Horncastle, Lincs: Mortons Media.
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.
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]