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The BBC» Passenger groups have reacted angrily to news that hundreds of train timetables are likely to be published later than usual. Rail users are normally told about new timetables 12 weeks in advance, enabling them to book cheap tickets.
But the Rail Delivery Group (RDG‡) has announced that over the next six months passengers may get as little as four weeks' notice of new train times.
It blamed a huge number of timetable changes coming up in May.
<rant>It's T-12 when it's convenient to the rail industry to say "too late" when a request is made, but T-4 when it's convenient for them. Have to love dual standards!!</rant> ... oh, never mind ... just blooming frustrating to see a service scheduled to sail none-stop through a station that's being bustituted and then wait 15 minutes for the timetable to catch up! "But request was made less that 12 weeks before ..."