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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.
It does not compile the national timetable, which is the joint responsibility of the Office of Rail and Road (allocation of paths) and Network Rail (timetable production and publication). Since March 2020 all ticket revenue has been collected by the Department for Transport, which also pays the operators' costs.
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.
Canada April 14 – Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern merge to form CPKC. [36] Turkey April 20 – Akçaray tram extends from Plajyolu to Kuruçeşme. [37] April 25 – Circle Line of the Tashkent Metro extends from Qoʻyliq to Kuruvchilar. [38] Turkey April 26 – Ankara–Sivas high speed railway opens for commercial operation. [39]
For the December timetable change in 2022, five more Class 156 units were transferred. [47] The final Class 156 units were delivered in May 2023. [48] The Class 319s were withdrawn on 2 January 2024. [49] Between October 2023 and July 2024, 17 Class 323 units were transferred from West Midlands Trains to Northern Trains. [50] [51]
The 2022–2024 United Kingdom railway strikes were an industrial dispute between rail workers and companies, with the latter supported by the UK government. The rail workers are represented by several unions including the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) and the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF).
On 1 April 2022, ScotRail was put under public ownership by the Scottish Government, under Transport Scotland as ScotRail operating on the same day. The COVID-19 pandemic caused a huge fall in the number of passengers using the railways, with journeys in 2020 being about 22% of the previous year, before rising again as travel restrictions eased ...