Is there a national collection of old railway timetables? and is it on line at all?
does the NRM have all the Bradshaws and BR timetables?
In 1976 I advertised in pop music papers a 'Rare Records Price Guide' that I'd cobbled together, price 75p, each 4 page copy photocopied. I sold a few, but was a little surprised about a fortnight later to receive a letter from the British Library demanding that three (I think) copies be sent to them free of charge as their right under some Act of Parliament, so, I'd say in theory, they should possess every single network timetable there's ever been, and a lot more besides.british Library has some
example
http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/...)=british rail timetables&dstmp=1550312523279
paper only and its in London
This is the 1939 LMS passenger timetable. Fortunately summer, always the one to have with all the extra services.
https://archive.org/details/1939LMS/page/n23
You can download it as a pdf. It's about 1 gB so do it somewhere where you have free bandwidth. You can also go through it on line as well. I've never worked out if they have any other ones there.
The era that seems missing from most of these timetable archives is the "modern" BR era, i.e the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s. Typically that's the era I'm probably most interested in! Most archives are either from the "old days" or post-privatisation.
Anyone know of any (online) resources for this era ? Either regular timetables or WTTs particularly from London terminals would be good to have, and I'd be particularly interested in the era immediately before I started using the railways, i.e about 1978-82 - though anything from around 1970-95 would be of interest.
Thanks.
Are any in electronic format that you could send?Not online resources but I have a number from the era.
Are any in electronic format that you could send?
If not, no worries!
Thanks.
OK thanks, maybe Table 156 (Waterloo-Woking-Guildford)/158(SW Main Line)/166(Portsmouth Direct) for selected years between 1978/9 and 1981/2 inclusive if you have those? If that's feasible I'll message you my private email.Can scan specific pages if you like.
OK thanks, maybe Table 156 (Waterloo-Woking-Guildford)/158(SW Main Line)/166(Portsmouth Direct) for selected years between 1978/9 and 1981/2 inclusive if you have those? If that's feasible I'll message you my private email.
Thanks.