Following the launch of several new train services with the summer timetable, Central Trains has established a comprehensive web site providing general and timetable information (www.centraltrains.co.uk).
An innovation with this site is the use of a network route map to allow users to select the start and end points of a journey for submitting to a timetable journey planner. Whilst doing so, details of promotional fares from the selected stations are displayed. Central Trains plans to advertise the website on the side of its trains to encourage use - dealing with travel enquiries this way costs very little compared with staffed alternatives. o
