£14.95
Published by Dragonwheel Speciality Reprints. Softback, comb bound, 138 pages of tables.
The Midland Railway divided its working time tables into sections which were issued as individual booklets or bound into full sets. The page numbering ran continuously through the sections and from 1917, the passenger and freight time tables were issued separately.
At the start of 1918, the Great War was not going well with little progress and a high cost in casualties. At home, a sudden panic over food shortages led to queues at shops and the swift imposition of rationing. Government transport needs for the movement of men and war material were placing huge strains on the railway system and efforts were made to reduce civilian passenger travel. Fares had been increased by 50% in 1917 and many cheap tickets withdrawn. Train services had been slowed and reduced and many small stations closed, but by the early months of 1918 passenger numbers had risen again to pre-war levels despite having to endure heavily crowded trains.
