Western 52
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Looking through some old timetable leaflets, I was reminded that back in the 70s British Rail often used a horizontal format for these, where each row was a separate train, rather than each column. See the attached image, taken from the 1976 / 1977 timetable leaflet for the Rhymney Valley Line. Of course, we read from left to right, so in a sense this format was logical, but I've not seen it used for many years now. Why was this format used, and why / when was it discontinued? Would it make any sense to use it again, or is the vertical column layout too well established?