This software and database was written and compiled by Simon Robinson,
and is distributed as freeware. For help or information, e-mail
simon@sbrobinson.freeserve.co.uk

Software (c) S. Robinson, 1999

Latest database update - 23/10/99
Examples of searches:-

New    - finds all stations containing "New"
$Llan  - finds all stations starting with "Llan"
ton$   - finds all stations ending with "ton"
m?e    - finds all stations containing "mae", "mbe", etc.
lon*br - finds all stations containing "lon" followed by "br"
$A*d$  - finds all stations starting with "A" and ending with "d"

? (by itself) - finds random station in database

# (by itself) - compresses station database

#1234 - finds entry number 1234
#-3   - finds third from last entry.
#25%  - finds entry 25% through database

@Ta    - finds all stations on the Talyllyn
@No*Pi - finds all stations on both Northern AND Piccadilly lines.
@??,?? - finds all stations serving two or more railways

! (by itself) - Gives information about all lines in the database
!Welsh - gives abbreviations for all lines containing "Welsh"
!Vr    - gives information about line with abbreviation "Vr"



The fields are: Station Name, Info and Lines

"Info" contains data such as county, where this is necessary to
distinguish between stations with the same name, and also contains
other important data, e.g. proposed, temporarily closed, etc.

"Lines" indicates which railway(s) a station is based on. For former
British Rail stations, I have shown only the TOC which is responsible
for operating the facilities at that station, even though several
TOC's may operate from the station. This information has been derived
from the winter 1999 National Rail Timetable. In some cases, the
station operator is London Underground Limited. In these cases, I have
included the principle TOC to use the station.

"Lines" uses a two letter abbreviation, a list of which appears at
the bottom of the text file, or as a separate page in the spread-
sheets. For technical reasons, I have used upper case for TOCs and
lower case for private and independent railways.

Note that when two companies have stations in close proximity, with
the same name, I have generally taken this to be a single station,
even if there is no physical connection between these lines.


