Smaller version of Network Timetable just for High Speed Train & Sleeper Services 1990s/2000s - National Rail

[Mollington St]

Does anyone know for which years these where produced and issued .

I have found 1997/98 and 2001 .

100 to 150 pages , 18cm tall by 9.5 cm wide

Images show cover and then inside detailing companies and routes covered

 

[Magdalia]

These used to be available on a postal mailing list. I still have summer 2002 and winter 2002/03, which I think were the last issues?

I recall that the summer issues being red and the winter issues blue was standard.

 

[WesternLancer]

Does anyone know for which years these where produced and issued .

I have found 1997/98 and 2001 .

100 to 150 pages , 18cm tall by 9.5 cm wide

Images show cover and then inside detailing companies and routes covereIIRC they were produced by inter city sector for quite some time. Pretty sure they commenced in the late 1980s.

A handy pocket sized booklet?

Produced by inter city sector iirc.

I suspect they declined on privatisation as operators failed to co operate to produce and pay for them.

They were very handy guides. They mailed them to businesses I suspect and you could get them in travel centres and various ticket offices.

Was branded with the inter city swallow in the heyday.

Stupidly I don’t think I ever kept any

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I recall that the summer issues being red and the winter issues blue was standard.

Yes good point. Burgundy and dark blue rings bell.

 

[Mollington St]

Thank you both for the info , what i have matches the two colours for the different Summer/ Winter

Now to see if i can get the set of the years of issue

Any spares i have i will get up on to my site at Transport Past Times

 

[WesternLancer]

Thank you both for the info , what i have matches the two colours for the different Summer/ Winter

Now to see if i can get the set of the years of issue

Any spares i have i will get up on to my site at Transport Past Times

I recall Barry Doe in his rail column bemoaning its demise. I think that’s was well before on line planners would have been a substitute for majority of travellers.

 

[Helvellyn]

Thank you both for the info , what i have matches the two colours for the different Summer/ Winter

Now to see if i can get the set of the years of issue

Any spares i have i will get up on to my site at Transport Past Times

Think it was actually Claret for Summer, based on the brand refresh for InterCity when Chris Green took over as MD (along with Dark Bue for Winter). Previously it was Silver for Summer and Black for Winter.

In InterCity days those colours were used for all the smaller timetables and the pocket cards that were designed to show simply trains from A to B!

There used to be a comprehensive A5 sized full West Coast timetable that showed all West Coast, CrossCountry and other operator services as well. I think that vanished when the Train Operating Units (TOUs) were set up. I'm not sure if comparable timetable books were produced for other routes (e.g. ECML, GWML).

 

[railpigeon]

The Intercity Guide to Services!

I used to get them posted to me. Late ‘80s/early ‘90s.

Used to be divided into Intercity’s seven routes/sub-sectors: Anglia, East Coast, Midland, West Coast, Cross Country, Great Western and… Gatwick Express.

Mon-Fri services were highlighted in yellow I think. Blue and magenta for the two weekend days?

Post-privatisation the word ‘Intercity’ was lost and ‘high speed’ was used instead.