Private Eye reports:
Timetables are supposed to change in May and September only and be fixed 12 weeks ahead so people can make plans, including buying affordable "advance" tickets for specific trains. But last month the "conditions of travel" were amended without consultation or publicity. The new edition introduces something called the "published timetable of the day" defined as "The schedule of services, including rail replacement services, applicable on the day you travel (different to May or December timetable). These changes will be published no later than 22:00 on the day before travel and available at www.nationalrail.co.uk."
Not so great a hardship if you have a smartphone or other instant access to the Web, but a considerable pain for the rest of us. No doubt the train operating companies will protest that they will only take advantage of this new loophole in an emergency, but emergency provisions have a habit of becoming regular.
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