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Train Timetables

An interactive exercise on reading train timetables and making time calculations.

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This is level 2: finding information from a train timetable. Give your time answers in 24 hour time format in the same way it is shown in the timetable.

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Aytown Centrald. 0648 0734 0806 0843 0939 1019 1118 1152 1242 1330 1415
Bishops' Haltd. 0703 0749 0821 - 0954 1034 1133 1207 - 1345 1430
Cayleigh Bridged. 0720 0806 0838 - 1011 1051 1150 1224 - 1402 1447
Dozy Bankd. 0735 0821 0853 - 1026 1106 1205 1239 - 1417 1502
Eyrevillea. 0750 0836 0908 0935 1041 1121 1220 1254 1334 1432 1517
Foul Streetd. 0806 - 0924 0951 - 1137 1236 - 1350 1448 -
Gravillenotd. 0821 - 0939 1006 - 1152 1251 - 1405 1503 -
High Browa. 0831 - 0949 1016 - 1202 1301 - 1415 1513 -
What time does the first train depart from from Aytown Central? Correct Wrong
What time does the 1242 train from Aytown Central arrive in Eyreville? Correct Wrong
What time does the 1137 train from Foul Street arrive in High Brow? Correct Wrong
How many stops does the 1330 train make on its journey from Aytown Central to High Brow? Correct Wrong
How many minutes does the journey from Foul Street to High Brow take? Correct Wrong
How many minutes does the journey from Bishops' Halt to Eyreville take? Correct Wrong
How many minutes less does it take the 0843 train from Aytown Central to get Eyreville than the 0939 train?

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If you arrive at Gravillenot at 11:2am how many minutes will you have to wait for the next train to depart for High Brow?

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If you arrive at Cayleigh Bridge at 8am what is the earliest time you could be at Eyreville?

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If you have to be in High Brow by 11am at the latest what is the last train you can catch from Aytown Central?

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Try your best to answer the questions above. Type your answers into the boxes provided leaving no spaces. As you work through the exercise regularly click the "check" button. If you have any wrong answers, do your best to do corrections but if there is anything you don't understand, please ask your teacher for help.

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Level 1 - Highlighting journeys on a train timetable

Level 2 - Finding information from a train timetable

Level 3 - Finding information from a real train timetable

Level 4 - Create a timetable from the given clues

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Example

The video above is from RawMaths.

You may also want to use a calculator to check your working. See Calculator Workout skill 12.

Don't wait until you have finished the exercise before you click on the 'Check' button. Click it often as you work through the questions to see if you are answering them correctly. You can double-click the 'Check' button to make it float at the bottom of your screen.

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