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Bradshaw''s name was already known as the publisher of Bradshaw''s Maps of Inland Navigation, which detailed the canals of Lancashire and Yorkshire, when, on 19 October 1839, soon after the introduction of railways, the world''s first compilation of railway timetables was published in Manchester. It cost sixpence (6d/2½p) and was a cloth-bound book entitled Bradshaw''s Railway Time Tables and Assistant to Railway Travelling, the title being changed in 1840 to Bradshaw''s Railway Companion, and the price raised to one shilling. A new volume was issued at occasional intervals and from time to time a supplement served to keep this up to date.
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