📖 Description

Original Great Western Railway (GWR) Time Table, dated May 7th, 1945 (and until further notice) — the final wartime issue, published just before the end of WWII.

✅ Issued under James Milne, General Manager, and marked “Gratuitous” (free issue).

✅ Includes Main Line and Branch Line tables, along with “Summer Time 1945” notices, showing post-war adjustments to train services.

✅ Front section contains two official “Alterations to Time Tables” supplements (Nos. 1 & 2) stapled in at front, plus an internal GWR circular dated June 8th, 1945 — all original.

✅ Condition: Railway-used example. Delicate spine (still in one piece but fragile), cover frayed with small tears along edges, minor wear and creasing to corners, and age toning throughout. Binding slightly loose but overall complete with all pages and wartime inserts intact.Minor tape repair to cover.

📜 A historically significant wartime GWR timetable — printed just days before VE Day — offering a rare snapshot of Britain’s rail network in transition from war to peace.

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