Ian Jelf wrote

The Swiss teach children in school how to read public transport
timetables, a simple and not particularly onerous task which
results in
a Genuinely Useful skill for life, I've always thought.

Apparently we may already do such a thing he
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/14/bus_test/

Funny that the UK public (or media at any rate) are "bemused" by such
a
concept.

That said, I would have liked the blurb to make more of the
*planning*
of the journey, to bring us up to Swiss standards.......

Using timetables seems to be in Key Stage 2 of the National Curriculum

http://www.eco-schoolsni.org/media/9...94144c43dTrans
link%2520keystage-2.pdf

http://www.mychild.co.uk/downloads/maths-worksheets
Math worksheets - Time to Go!
Using one of our math worksheets will help your child to use 24-hour
clock notation and use a timetable.

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Mike D