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Whose responsibility is it to update these timetables, and how old is the one up there at the moment?

SCHEDULE 1.4

Passenger Facing Obligations

1. Publishing the Timetable

The First Timetable

1.1 The Franchisee shall publish on the Start Date:
(a) the Timetable:
(i) at each staffed Station, by making the relevant information available upon request and free of charge in one or more booklets or in other similar form;
(ii) at each Station, by displaying the relevant information on information displays;
(iii) at each Franchisee Access Station, by providing to the operator of each such station the departure and arrival times of the Passenger Services that call at each such station and the principal Connections to any other transport services relevant to each such station in the same forms as are specified in paragraphs 1.1(a)(i) and 1.1(a)(ii); and
(iv) on the Franchisee's website; and
(b) the timetables of other Train Operators at Stations, in accordance with paragraph 1.4.

Timetable Revisions and Alterations

1.2 The Franchisee shall publish updates or replacements to the Timetable at the locations specified in paragraph 1.1 to the extent necessary to reflect any changes which come into effect on a Passenger Change Date:
(a) in the case of booklets, at least two weeks before the changes come into effect;
(b) in the case of information displays, no later than the day before the changes come into effect;
(c) in the case of information provided to the operators of Franchisee Access Stations, in sufficient time for such information to be published by such operators within the time limits provided for in this paragraph 1.2; and
(d) in the case of the Franchisee's website, at least four weeks before the changes come into effect.

1.3 In addition, the Franchisee shall:
(a) subject to paragraph 1.4, display posters at each Station advising passengers of all significant alterations between any two Passenger Change Dates to railway passenger services calling at that Station, no later than four weeks in advance of the date on which the alterations come into effect; and
(b) provide posters to the operators of Franchisee Access Stations, advising passengers of all significant alterations between any two Passenger Change Dates to the Passenger Services which call at such Franchisee Access Stations, in sufficient time for such information to be published by such operators within the time limit provided for in paragraph 1.3(a).

I was in Clifton today and went to catch the train from Clifton Down to Temple Meads. I looked at the timetable that it is on the side of the building on the access to the station by the entrance to Clifton Down shopping centre. It said the train to Temple Meads was at 17.31, and so I sheltered from the torrential rain that was hammering down at the time under the shopping centre canopy, then went to catch the train, only to find the actual departure time is 17.29. I wasn't happy!

I also note that from next week this train will be leaving at 17.25.

Whose responsibility is it to update these timetables, and how old is the one up there at the moment?

Well now there's a thing - the only thing I knew for sure about the December Timetable changes was that nothing was changing on the Severn Beach Line... just goes to show how wrong you can be if you take your eye off the ball...

Northbound 06:40, 06:56, 08:07 from Frome this week
Northbound 06:42, 06:50, 08:04 from Frome next week

The 06:56 arrived Bath 07:45 and Temple Meads 08:06 this week - to Parkway
The 06:50 arrives Bath 07:49 and Temple Meads 08:08 next week - to Abbey Wood

...Anyway, this thread has at least highlighted that the train time is changing next week, so has achieved something.  :)