df.to_excel('timetable.xlsx', index=False) | Task | Excel Formula / Action | |------|------------------------| | Convert text time to Excel time | =TIMEVALUE(TRIM(A2)) | | Calculate journey duration | =MOD(B2-A2,1) (format as hh:mm ) | | Filter by station | Autofilter | | Pivot by train ID | Insert → PivotTable | 5. Example: Raw ASC → Excel Raw ASC (fixed-width, 6 chars per field):

let Source = Table.FromColumns(Lines.FromBinary(File.Contents("C:\timetable.asc"))), Split = Table.SplitColumn(Source, "Column1", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter(" ", QuoteStyle.None)) in Split

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import pandas as pd colspecs = [(0,5), (5,10), (10,15)] # adjust df = pd.read_fwf('timetable.asc', colspecs=colspecs, header=None) Delimited df = pd.read_csv('timetable.asc', delimiter=r'\s+', header=None)