Collector's item: Probably the last issue of the All-India Railway Timetable, 1975 (Ajai Banerji)
Date: 2009-10-11
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I do know that the first issue of "Trains at a Glance" came in the latter half of 1977. So the All India TT and TAAG coexisted for a while?
Posted by Ajai Banerji on 2009 Oct 12 12:29:27 +0000
Jimmy, The Zonal Time Tables, I believe, WERE always there.
The All India Time-table, seen in this photograph, more or less, is a mix of all the Zonal TTs.
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I have with me 1956 SR Time-table.:-)
Posted by V. Srinavasa Prasad on 2009 Oct 12 10:38:37 +0000
Jitendra, Zonal timetables have always been published - the earliest I have seen is 1899 issue of BBCIR though I am sure they must be published before this time as well. The All India complete Railway Time Table was published by Indian Railway for a...
Jitendra, Zonal timetables have always been published - the earliest I have seen is 1899 issue of BBCIR though I am sure they must be published before this time as well. The All India complete Railway Time Table was published by Indian Railway for a limited time only, perhaps to get a piece of the sales of the Bradshaw but I am only guessing this. It must have been a Herculean task for the Railway Board to collect and compile this information from various zones and publish in time. I have seen zonal timetables with a ten page errata!
Posted by Harsh Vardhan on 2009 Oct 12 05:40:32 +0000
Recent comments
I do know that the first issue of "Trains at a Glance" came in the latter half of 1977. So the All India TT and TAAG coexisted for a while?
Posted by Ajai Banerji on 2009 Oct 12 12:29:27 +0000
Jimmy, The Zonal Time Tables, I believe, WERE always there.
The All India Time-table, seen in this photograph, more or less, is a mix of all the Zonal TTs.
-------
I have with me 1956 SR Time-table.:-)
Posted by V. Srinavasa Prasad on 2009 Oct 12 10:38:37 +0000
Jitendra, Zonal timetables have always been published - the earliest I have seen is 1899 issue of BBCIR though I am sure they must be published before this time as well. The All India complete Railway Time Table was published by Indian Railway for a...
Jitendra, Zonal timetables have always been published - the earliest I have seen is 1899 issue of BBCIR though I am sure they must be published before this time as well. The All India complete Railway Time Table was published by Indian Railway for a limited time only, perhaps to get a piece of the sales of the Bradshaw but I am only guessing this. It must have been a Herculean task for the Railway Board to collect and compile this information from various zones and publish in time. I have seen zonal timetables with a ten page errata!
Posted by Harsh Vardhan on 2009 Oct 12 05:40:32 +0000