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Have any of the other new franchises wasted money by printing new
timetable booklets?


The answer is yes i picked up an Arriva crosscountry one dated
11/11/07 until the 08/12/07 from East Croydons platform 1 and 2
information booth on Friday night. It is the replacement guide to
Virgins VT2 timetable and internally is exactly fonted and styled the
same as the previous edition(apart from the first 4 pages which are in
new Crosscountry font and style) . Interestingly on the back is a
crosscountry map which is pretty much the same as the previous Virgin
rail map(Even down to route colours) obiously omitting the west coast
routes but including the previous Central routes between Birmingham
and Stanstead,Derby and Cardiff central. I am surprised they did not
design their own routre map and that Virgin allowed them to use their
design.

I will have a look around the Overground network after work tommorow i
am really pleased their revenue protection is to improve (The new
barriers at West Hampstead should be wiorking tommorow) i have used
the West Hampstead to Kensington Olympia line for the past three
months during the peak twice a day and still am yet to have anybody
inspect my ticket.