National Rail Make-Your-Own-Pdf-Timetable

[DynamicSpirit]

(Pulling out of the Cross-Country printed timetable booklet thread)

Your Pocket Timetables - National Rail Enquiries

Create your own personalised printable PDF timetable. Up to 3 separate departure or arrival stations, selected days, dates and travel times to suite - and more

ojp.nationalrail.co.uk

Found it, it also kinda works as a mini-journey planner.
I'd accidentally stumbled across this a while ago and managed to re-find it.
I think this might be an amazing tool for assisting family and friends travelling.

I just tried it using Abbey Wood to Walton-on-Thames. In principle it's great, though not sure if I'm keen on the way it only shows one route. But I think it needs a few problems with its logic ironed out.



So the Jubilee line trains depart from Canary Wharf (Elizabeth line) station, do they? And I can apparently arrive at Canary Wharf on the Elizabeth line, and change trains by teleport to catch a Jubilee line train that's departing at the very same instant!

 

[Horizon22]

A nice 0 minute connection at Canary Wharf!

In principle very useful but, as you say, probably needs some logic and options for users to input preferences like "vias", and also minimum connection time.

Edit: vias is in the Advanced Search

 

[Benjwri]

and also minimum connection time.

It looks to me like it respects minimum connection time but just puts the tube journey as soon as the rail one finishes. The suggested journey is the absolute minimum connection time (5 mins at Canary Wharf, 10mins transfer, 15mins at Waterloo). If it didn’t respect connection time surely it would put you on the 08:42 which also stops at Walton.

 

[ainsworth74]

It looks to me like it respects minimum connection time but just puts the tube journey as soon as the rail one finishes. The suggested journey is the absolute minimum connection time (5 mins at Canary Wharf, 10mins transfer, 15mins at Waterloo). If it didn’t respect connection time surely it would put you on the 08:42 which also stops at Walton.

That's just classic NRE logic isn't it? I'm sure on interchanges that involve the tube (say Kings Cross to Victoria) it shows you as departing Kings Cross a minute after arrival but it does allow the proper connection time between the two in the "journey time" part of the tube journey. However it's fallen apart here because there's no interchange time other than the normal connection time which doesn't appear to have been implemented. But I will confess it's been a while since I used NRE!

 

[Benjwri]

However it's fallen apart here because there's no interchange time other than the normal connection time which doesn't appear to have been implemented. But I will confess it's been a while since I used NRE!

I don’t think it has fallen apart though. I think what it’s doing is just sticking the tube journey immediately after the rail journey, and the tube journey is the correct ‘fixed link’ time, and left all the connection time for both Canary Wharf and Waterloo at the end before the rail journey. The journey does satisfy minimum connection time overall between Canary Wharf and Waterloo.

Having just created a timetable the other way I can confirm this is the case. It makes you wait 20 minutes after the tube journey at Canary Wharf, in which time other trains go past it doesn’t suggest, so overall it does satisfy minimum connection.

 

[yorkie]

I don’t think it has fallen apart though. I think what it’s doing is just sticking the tube journey immediately after the rail journey, and the tube journey is the correct ‘fixed link’ time, and left all the connection time for both Canary Wharf and Waterloo at the end before the rail journey. The journey does satisfy minimum connection time overall between Canary Wharf and Waterloo.

Having just created a timetable the other way I can confirm this is the case. It makes you wait 20 minutes after the tube journey at Canary Wharf, in which time other trains go past it doesn’t suggest, so overall it does satisfy minimum connection.

Yes, I concur; it's a presentation issue really.