The timetabling process is made ever more difficult by the constant increase in travel demand, and the consequent need to provide sufficient transport capacity, avoid train and platform congestion and guarantee a good level of service reliability is increasingly felt.
"The ongoing timetabling chaos is making the lives of passengers very difficult.
"The Turner report, which had cross-party support, already recommended an increase in the timetable to 66 by 2026, 67 by 2036 and 68 by 2046, and that any changes to the timetable should be made within a 15-year notice period to allow people to adapt their plans.
The secretary of defense, Leon Panetta, told us last week that decisions about the timetable would be made after the military command reported to Mr. Obama in December.
Potter, along with the rest of the timetable team, was made redundant last year when Thomas Cook made the decision to close its publishing arm and focus on its core product – selling holidays.
No timetable has been made public on how long it will take to present evidence to the Greene County jurors or how long it might take for them to make a decision on whether anyone should face charges in the shooting of 22-year-old John Crawford III.
Although his doctors announced that he is cleared to resume his career, no timetable has been made public for his return and reports about a lack of arm strength have proliferated.
The delays won't stop that mission, officials said, and the timetable had always been made to be flexible.
That is perhaps why details of the timetable have not been made public, as one Havana-based businessman wryly notes.
Ayatollah Sistani's aides had previously threatened to hold up talks on the formation of an interim government, the next step in the American political timetable, unless changes were made to free the Shiite majority from the constraints inherent in the minority guarantees.
