PROPOSED NATIONWIDE REGULAR-INTERVAL TIMETABLE FOR SWITZERLAND: PART 1

TAKTFAHRPLAN SCHWEIZ

The most important single factor that has influenced the shape and marketing of British Rail passenger services in the past 10-20 years has been regular-interval timetables. Completion of the West Coast electrificaton next year will enable BR to increase service frequencies and the network of connections over almost the whole system with one principal exception. Regular-interval timetables are not exclusive to British Rail. For some years both the Netherlands (NS) and Belgian National (SNCB) railways have operated a national network with considerable commercial success; virtually the whole NS timetable is regular-interval, except for international trains. To some extent this influenced the German Federal Railway (DB), which introduced a national network timetable of express trains at basically 2 hr intervals in May 1971, built up round a series of cross-plantform connections at several major cities and interchange points throughout the Federal Republic. Both the Dutch and the Germans have also adopted the inter-city brand-name originated by BR.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Ian Allan Limited

  Terminal House
  Shepperton, Middlesex  England  TW17 8AS
• Authors:
  • PERREN, B
• Publication Date: 1973-8

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 308-311
• Serial:
  • MODERN RAILWAYS
  • Volume: 30
  • Issue Number: 299
  • Publisher: Ian Allan Publishing, Limited
  • ISSN: 0026-8356

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Passenger service; Passenger trains; Scheduling
• Old TRIS Terms: Passenger train scheduling
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00047477
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Modern Railroads
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 13 1974 12:00AM