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Britain by BritRail 2005, 25th (Britain By Britrail) | 
 enlarge | Author: Laverne Ferguson-kosinski
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 1522996
Media: Paperback
Edition: Twenty-fifth
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.9
ISBN: 076273437X
Dewey Decimal Number: 385
EAN: 9780762734375
ASIN: 076273437X
Publication Date: December 1, 2004
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Product Description
The most up-to-date information on fares, schedules, and pass options for train travel in England, Scotland, and Wales, including more than forty rail trips and day excursions to outlying areas and points of interest from London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Cardiff.
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Base city - day excursion model = good; updating = suspect January 26, 2005
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
You have to wonder about a guidebook that says "most reliable" and "2005" on the cover but contains details from two years ago.
The "Crossing the English Channel" section is my favorite. The narrative on Page 41 mentions "only three hours to Paris and ... two hours, forty minutes to Brussels", and looks forward to the day when "[h]igh-speed tracks will ... be constructed within Britain". That day arrived in September, 2003, when the first section of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link opened. Paris is already down to 2 hours, 35 minutes and Brussels, to 2 hours, 20 minutes. Curiously, the schedules on Page 44 are recent and do reflect the new timings.
This makes me wonder whether the publisher takes updates seriously -- or just puts in new schedules and changes the cover.
On the plus side, I do think that the book's base city - day excursion approach is useful.
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