Train planning aficionados can enjoy the updated platform working matrix in the timetable planning rules at https://sacuksprodnrdigital0001.blob.core.windows.net/operational-rules/Operational%20Rules/TPR/TPR%202025/V4/TPR%202025%20V4%20AR.pdf#page=122 #trainplanning (4/4)

The timetable is the core of any public transport offer to customers. It's also a critical factor in a rail project: it links with infrastructure decisions, costs and benefits, and overall viability.

Here's a free masterclass on how it all fits together, by timetabling and operations expert William Barter who will be sharing his experience with timetabling with HS2.

Wed 22 May, 1800-1930, online. All are welcome. Details and booking: https://transecongroup.org

#trainplanning #timetabling

Transport Economists' Group

I remember an operating guru saying to me many years ago that "the timetable is the core of the public transport product". The latest piece from London Reconnections looks at the Elizabeth line timetable, and concludes that Crossrail has basically delivered what it promised. A good news story!

(LR is worth following if you don't already. Their articles get behind the headlines, with both context and detail.)

https://www.londonreconnections.com/2023/crossrail-the-may-2023-final-timetable/ #transportplanning #trainplanning #london @transport

Crossrail - the May 2023 'final' timetable - London Reconnections

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