Service timetables were issued to GWR employees. In 15 sections, they listed every scheduled train of all classes – passenger, mail, milk and other perishable goods, general goods, minerals, coal, and the like, for every main and branch line and mineral railway. Additionally, the September 1931 timetable recorded the paths reserved for summer-only services, which were marked as “suspended”.

The original timetables were printed on cheap paper over 90 years ago and are yellowed and brittle. The scans have been whitened but any imperfections in the originals will remain.

The 2,500 pages for a full set of service timetables are presented in two volumes. Part 1 covers London and the South West; Part 2 covers Wales and the South Midlands. The geographical split causes some unavoidable minor overlaps and Part 2 is necessarily the larger volume because so much of the network is in Wales, but making a single volume is, unfortunately, not possible.

In this facsimile, the original pages are mostly presented two per sheet, with the print size approximately 80% of the original. 982 pages become 504 pages in Part 1, and 1,506 pages become 770 pages in Part 2. Page numbering resets within each section.

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