Can PDF timetable in the UK show subminimum connections?

[miklcct]

I had a bad experience in Sweden today - a missed connection following a PDF timetable from a main line train connecting to a branch line train starting at the transfer station, both shown on the same timetable. Only afterwards I found out that the connection shown didn't satisfy the minimum connection time, the reason why I couldn't reproduce it on the journey planner.

In the UK, some train companies produces timetables which show connections as well, such as South Western Railway. In such case, can such subminimum connections be shown in the PDF?

 

[splashoutradio]

More often than not (there are exceptions), a timetable will be organised so that it reads chronologically at all the stations shown. As a result, there are examples of arrivals and departures being shown that do not satisfy the minimum connection time, however this is often accompanied by the 'minimum connection time symbol' (a black box with the minimum connection time in minutes in white text), in the stations column.

 

[The Planner]

I had a bad experience in Sweden today - a missed connection following a PDF timetable from a main line train connecting to a branch line train starting at the transfer station, both shown on the same timetable. Only afterwards I found out that the connection shown didn't satisfy the minimum connection time, the reason why I couldn't reproduce it on the journey planner.

In the UK, some train companies produces timetables which show connections as well, such as South Western Railway. In such case, can such subminimum connections be shown in the PDF?

Why is anyone going to show a sub minimum connection? Think about the issues it would cause? Just because you may think you could make it, not everyone can.

 

[miklcct]

Why is anyone going to show a sub minimum connection? Think about the issues it would cause? Just because you may think you could make it, not everyone can.

I don't know why but it actually happened which I fell foul of it.

 

[The exile]

Why is anyone going to show a sub minimum connection? Think about the issues it would cause? Just because you may think you could make it, not everyone can.

While a PDF timetable shouldn’t display a sub-minimum connection as a connection (ie in italics), it will be shown if both trains form part of the principle service displayed in that timetable (eg changing from faster to slower train at a mid-point).

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More often than not (there are exceptions), a timetable will be organised so that it reads chronologically at all the stations shown. As a result, there are examples of arrivals and departures being shown that do not satisfy the minimum connection time, however this is often accompanied by the 'minimum connection time symbol' (a black box with the minimum connection time in minutes in white text), in the stations column.

Or chronologically by departure time from origin meaning that trains “starting short” appear in the wrong place (NIR!)