Annual timetable changes

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[Zoe]

It could also be said that it has simplified things as we now have a single major timetable change each year rather than two.  I remember in the 1990s people complaining about timetables changing.

[grahame]

I remember in the 1990s people complaining about timetables changing.

I remember in 2006 LOTS of people complaining about timetables changing  ...

[Btline]

No, I mean about how the Eurostars do not switch to domestic tracks anymore.

However, you make a good point about the Javelins, which I forget!

I remember in the 1990s people complaining about timetables changing.

[Brusselier]

No, I mean about how the Eurostars do not switch to domestic tracks anymore.

To come into/out of Ashford International the Eurostars have to cross over domestic paths

[willc]

Eurostar is surely the exception for which we don't need to make the vast majority of our timetables conform to Europe; same must go for freight.

But if some of it has to tie in with Europe, as it does, then it all has to, because the timetable in Great Britain all has to tie in together.

EMT^» (East Midlands Trains - about) wants to make good connections with Eurostar at St Pancras, so that influences its timetables, which in turn affects LM^▸ (London Midland - recent franchise), XC^▸ (Cross Country Trains (franchise)), TPX and Northern services along the way up to Yorkshire.

In order for freight wagons and sections of container trains to make their journeys on from the tunnel or from Wembley yard, they have to connect into a series of EWS^▸ (English Welsh & Scottish Railway Ltd, now known as DB Schenker Rail (UK^▸ (United Kingdom))) services heading in all directions, which have to mesh with passenger services, etc, etc.

And I really don't see what the problem with this is anyway. Is it just because it's something to do with 'Europe'?

We are something to do with Europe, just in case you hadn't noticed - we're all descended from successive waves of migrants and invaders and our language is a mix of elements from other European languages. And our economy depends on trade with the EU^» (European Union - about).

[Btline]

EMT^» (East Midlands Trains - about) wants to make good connections with Eurostar at St Pancras, so that influences its timetables, which in turn affects LM^▸ (London Midland - recent franchise), XC^▸ (Cross Country Trains (franchise)), TPX and Northern services along the way up to Yorkshire.

How? EMT have trains arriving into St Pancras throughout each hour on a clockface timetable. The Eurostar timetable is by no means clockface!

And I would argue that domestic time-tabling would always come higher than EMT trying to get good connections.