How many operators do you know of that use the 12-hour clock (rather than the more usual 24-hour clock) for their timetables?
Offhand the only one I know of that currently does so is TrentBarton. I'm sure there are several others, though. In fact, some operators produce an inconsistent mixture of 12- and 24-hour clock timetables.
TrentBarton prides itself in listening to what its customers want, rather than believing that the company knows best. They claim that their passengers have consistently shown preference for the 12-hour clock (IMO that's a bit like saying our passengers would rather still pay their fares in Pounds, Shillings and Pence, though!). Even the digital clocks on board TrentBarton buses are in 12-hour format.
I think Trent Buses (now TrentBarton) first changed to using the 12-hour clock at the time of bus deregulation in 1986, and has done so ever since. Before that, Trent was part of the National Bus Group (which presumably required all its operators to use the 24-hour clock).
Most other operators in Derbyshire are happy to leave timetable publicity to the County Council, which uses the 24-hour clock, but TrentBarton insists on putting up its own 12-hour clock timetables at the stops that it serves. This means that at stops served both by TrentBarton and by other operators, passengers will find a bewildering mix of 12- and 24-hour clock timetables.
I seem to recall that Nottingham City Transport used to be 12-hour until about the early 2000s, but then saw the light and changed to 24-hour. Also, until about that time Merseytravel PTE (unlike all other PTEs) used 12-hour for both bus and rail timetables (and for rail services this meant going against the nationally agreed standard, so Merseyrail produced its own timetables in 24-hour clock).
I also remember that in Cumbria in the early 2000s some bus stops had 12-hour and some had 24-hour timetables.
Offhand the only one I know of that currently does so is TrentBarton. I'm sure there are several others, though. In fact, some operators produce an inconsistent mixture of 12- and 24-hour clock timetables.
TrentBarton prides itself in listening to what its customers want, rather than believing that the company knows best. They claim that their passengers have consistently shown preference for the 12-hour clock (IMO that's a bit like saying our passengers would rather still pay their fares in Pounds, Shillings and Pence, though!). Even the digital clocks on board TrentBarton buses are in 12-hour format.
I think Trent Buses (now TrentBarton) first changed to using the 12-hour clock at the time of bus deregulation in 1986, and has done so ever since. Before that, Trent was part of the National Bus Group (which presumably required all its operators to use the 24-hour clock).
Most other operators in Derbyshire are happy to leave timetable publicity to the County Council, which uses the 24-hour clock, but TrentBarton insists on putting up its own 12-hour clock timetables at the stops that it serves. This means that at stops served both by TrentBarton and by other operators, passengers will find a bewildering mix of 12- and 24-hour clock timetables.
I seem to recall that Nottingham City Transport used to be 12-hour until about the early 2000s, but then saw the light and changed to 24-hour. Also, until about that time Merseytravel PTE (unlike all other PTEs) used 12-hour for both bus and rail timetables (and for rail services this meant going against the nationally agreed standard, so Merseyrail produced its own timetables in 24-hour clock).
I also remember that in Cumbria in the early 2000s some bus stops had 12-hour and some had 24-hour timetables.
