Thomas Cook’s historic timetable, which ran its final edition this August
following a 140-year run, will be re-launched in February.
It will drop the Thomas Cook name and be published under a new company called
European Rail Timetable Limited, which is owned by John Potter, a former
member of the book’s editorial team.
Known as the ‘rail bible', the timetable has been the only publication of its
kind to provide travellers with schedules for in excess of 50,000 train,
bus, and ferry connections. Spanning more than 5,000 locations across
Europe, the routes range from Dresden to Nuremberg, Bordeaux to Toulouse,
Milan to Zurich, and Market Harborough to Kettering.
“No iPhone or Android app will ever have the charm and browsability of the
576-page printed timetable, fascinating digest of services, with maps, city
plans and lists of scenic routes that give Shrewsbury-to-Aberystwyth equal
billing with Bergen-to-Oslo,” wrote Stephen
McClarence in Telegraph Travel earlier this year, when news of the book’s withdrawal from publication emerged.
"This has always been a key part of the timetable’s appeal: the
serendipity of discovering train services you never knew existed. It’s the
romance of flicking through the pages and devising journeys: from Moscow to
Warsaw, Munich to Budapest, Zagreb to Sarajevo,” he added.
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