Inspired by @Ray Von 's queries more than a year ago, I have had the idea of a Working Time Table for my layout nagging me for just as long.  Composing a clock-face list of arrivals and departures for a week-day, at last I had chance to play on 'Word' at work one quiet Saturday and draft a sample page.

This meant I had to give thought to station names along the lines, route times, and what of 'reality' to leave and what to ignore or replace.  The following needs its names making fictional, and head-codes and train no series allocated, but I admit I am pleased with its appearance, compared to the real examples I possess.  Sadly, I can not achieve the attractive 'artisan' hand-set appearance of the 1970's tables, but I hope others agree it is a good start.

The Tonbridge-Eridge line has been renamed and moved, and I have used the Tonbridge-Hastings line as a basis for the port route.  As a fan of E. F. Benson's Mapp & Lucia  novels and television series, I decided I might as well borrow his fictional Rye.  No prizes for spotting the Spaghetti Western reference; I am still trying to get an idea for one for Bollywood as well.  Please indulge me.

The allocated names bear no reality to the topography of a possible route.  They were just on a suitable line on an O.S. map proceeding to a junction near Sanderstead.  Indeed, I was pleased to discover, when looking at Sanderstead, dear old Col. Stephens proposed an electrified light railway to this very place, so I stole his location.

Now I have merged the W.T.T.s for a 1970's and 1980's goods service, and am busy playing with times for Wagon-load and Speedlink services on a second template.  I will post it later, when done.