TIME TABLES – INTRODUCTION
Time
table is a schedule in a table form, showing details of arrivals and departures
at every station
of all trains carrying passengers. These time tables are issued by every zonal
railway, generally
every six months. However, with effect from 1st July 1991, new time table is
issued once
a year in July only. On Indian Railways there is another time table,
"Trains at a Glance", which
is issued by the Railway Board and carries stoppages of important trains at
important stations
only all over the Indian Railways, as against the Zonal Time Table which
indicates stoppages
of all scheduled trains at every station on the railways. The objectives of
passenger time
table are as under:
1. information for intending passengers regarding
i.
schedules of arrivals and departures;
ii.
through sectional and suburban trains;
iii.
connections at various stations;
