railway timetable
Locomotive departure listing
A railway timetable is a schedule showing when trains depart from and arrive at stations along a route.
Before smartphones, printed railway timetables were essential for planning journeys: She consulted the railway timetable to find the next train to Edinburgh.
The term is more common in British than American English, where train schedule predominates.
- signal boxRail junction control cabin
- boardFlat rigid panel
- trackPath or monitored route
- rolling stockWheeled railway equipment
- peak hoursBusiest usage times
rush hour · last train · missed connection · ticketing system · station · contingency planning · schedule · train times · frequency · announcement · layover · delay · ticket · clock · signage · arrival · waiting · departure
railway timetablerailway map
Diagram of train routes
route map · train map · network diagram · transit map · station map
railway, rail, railed, railing, railings, timetable, time, timely, timers