Thomas Cook European Rail Timetable
[History] [Landmark Editions] Name Changes / Editors
Name Changes
There have been eight changes of title during the history of the timetable, some of them barely noticeable:
- 1873-1918 COOK'S CONTINENTAL TIME TABLES
- 1919-1953 COOK'S CONTINENTAL TIME-TABLE
- 1954-1955 COOKS CONTINENTAL TIME-TABLE
- 1956-1973 COOKS CONTINENTAL TIMETABLE
- 1974-1976 THOMAS COOK CONTINENTAL TIMETABLE
- 1977-1980 THOMAS COOK INTERNATIONAL TIMETABLE
- 1981-1987 THOMAS COOK CONTINENTAL TIMETABLE
- 1988-2004 THOMAS COOK EUROPEAN TIMETABLE
- from 2005 THOMAS COOK EUROPEAN RAIL TIMETABLE
- 1919-1953 COOK'S CONTINENTAL TIME-TABLE
The timetable has been known as the CTT for much of its life, due to "Time Table" originally being two words. The introduction of the word "European" meant this changed to ETT (rather than the more accurate ET) and this has stuck, even though it should logically now be ERT. As might be expected, the Overseas Timetable is known as the OTT.
Editors - Continental/European Timetable
- 1873-1914 John Bredall
- 1914-1939 C. H. Davies
- 1946-1952 H. V. Francis
- 1952-1985 John H. Price
- from 1985 Brendan H. Fox
- 1914-1939 C. H. Davies
Editors - Overseas Timetable
- 1980-2000 Peter Tremlett
- from 2000 Peter Bass
John Price continued as Managing Editor until retirement in 1988, then Consulting Editor for a time; he passed away in 1998. Brendan Fox joined as Assistant Editor in 1982. Peter Tremlett was Assistant Editor of the Continental Timetable before starting the Overseas Timetable; he passed away in 2005.