British Railways Publicity

The Services & Fares booklets were produced from 1950 until at least 1973. As can be seen below the style of the covers changed over time. There were typically 8 or 9 different editions produced twice a year. The actual edition names changed to reflect the change in travel arrangements between various countries. In the 1960s a title South East Europe appeared including Turkey and Yugoslavia but later these countries were included in the Austria booklet. The images below are split up into different styles of cover. Though the covers changed the content stayed much the same.

Up to 24 editions of these folded timetables where produced twice a year. Like the Continental Timetables (above) the content and numbering changed to reflect the current travel posibilities.

The images below show a few of the more unusual handbills produced at the start of British Railways. It can be seen that numerous events justified the production of a specific handbill. It is interesting to note that British Railways ran excursions on Christmas day in 1948. The June 1949 Epsom Races handbill is very unusual in that it is printed in two colours.

July 1948	July 1948	August 1948	August 1948
August 1948	September 1948	September 1948	October 1948
November 1948	November 1948	November 1948	December 1948
December 1948	January 1949	April 1949	April 1949
April 1949	May 1949	June 1949	July 1949
July 1949	July 1949 - Reverse of previous handbill