Thomas Cook European Rail Timetable

[History]   Landmark Editions   [Name Changes / Editors]

Landmark Editions - Continental/European Timetable

0001   March 1873 - First issue, distributed free
0002   June 1873 - First regular issue (quarterly)
0040   December 1882 - Last quarterly issue
0041   January 1883 - First monthly issue
0484   December 1919 - 24 hour clock introduced
0720   August 1939 - Last issue before World War II
0721   July 1946 - First postwar issue - staff only
0722   August 1946 - Staff only
0723   September 1946 - Staff only
0724   October 1946 - Staff only
0725   November 1946 - First regular postwar issue
1003   January 1970 - Timetables for Great Britain added
1041   March 1973 - Centenary edition with silver cover
1087   January 1977 - Enlarged to show principal services outside Europe
1127   May 1980 - Cut down edition (144 pages) due to printing strike
1135   January 1981 - Non-European content moved to new Overseas Timetable
1183   January 1985 - First issue with a Japanese edition
1268   February 1992 - First edition to use desktop publishing (dtp)
1288   October 1993 - First edition produced completely by dtp
1295   May 1994 - Channel Tunnel souvenir edition
1341   March 1998 - 125th Anniversary edition
1380   June 2001 - First issue with an edition for German Railways
1423   January 2005 - 20th Anniversary of Japanese edition

Landmark Editions - Overseas Timetable

0001   November 1980 - Pilot edition, distributed free
0002   January 1981 - First regular bi-monthly edition
0152   January 2006 - 25th Anniversary edition

Numbers in italics indicate the estimated edition number (not shown on timetables).