My sister on a recent visit gave me an old pocket timetable - no use to me now, she said.

It was:

Yet it contained so much more -

All 4 routes:

• Inverness - Perth - Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh
• Inverness - Aberdeen - Stonehaven
• Inverness - Thurso/Wick
• Inverness - Kyle of Lochalsh
• Details of tickets with a special emphasis on the rover tickets - quoting their prices.
• A short description of the main towns including Aviemore and Aberdeen.

I would commend it to Abellio as better than the present tiny leaflets.

As for the services then:

• The 07:02 "Orcadian" got to Thurso at 10:45 and Wick at 10:49 - 14 and 42 minutes earlier than at present (trains divided at Georgemas Junction)
• The 18:20 reached Thurso at 22:05 and Wick at 22:00 - 7 and 43 minutes quicker.
• Trains took 57 minutes (70 mins now) as far as Tain (arrival time)
• The 06:00 Wick and 06:08 Thurso reached Inverness at 09:52 and had a trolley throughout.
• Locomotive service with Observation saloon to Kyle.
• New commuter service to Invergordon at 17:07 arr 17:52, return 17:57 arr Inverness 18:40, yet strangely no early morning service southbound, The Wicker being the first arrival, though The Kyler got in at 09:19.

"During this timetable, ScotRail's latest 158 Express trains will start operating between Inverness and Aberdeen."

It strikes me, it was much handier to have all the N & E Highland services in the one booklet.