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Why P3 and not UT at Peterborough? 16/05/2021 at 20:26 #139541
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In the timetable that I'm playing (please don't ask me which one) there are numerous trains that call at P3 at Peterborough but don't actually stop in the platform.
Why is this and why not send them via the Up Through instead?
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Why P3 and not UT at Peterborough? 16/05/2021 at 20:45 #139543
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3983 posts 		bugsy in post 139541 said:

In the timetable that I'm playing (please don't ask me which one
That is pretty critical information...

If it's a recent timetable, remember that Peterborough station has been re-modelled, with bay platform 1 removed and a new platform (numbered P3 as the old P2 and P3 are now P1 and P2 respectively) built to serve the Up Through. I assume the platform number hasn't been changed to suit the sim layout either deliberately or accidentally.
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Why P3 and not UT at Peterborough? 16/05/2021 at 20:50 #139544
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As the image below (courtesy of Railcams) shows the remodelling. Obviously a modern TT that is incorrect and has not had the paths/linecodes modified
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Why P3 and not UT at Peterborough? 16/05/2021 at 21:07 #139545
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Online 		Steamer in post 139543 said:
bugsy in post 139541 said:

In the timetable that I'm playing (please don't ask me which one
That is pretty critical information...

If it's a recent timetable, remember that Peterborough station has been re-modelled, with bay platform 1 removed and a new platform (numbered P3 as the old P2 and P3 are now P1 and P2 respectively) built to serve the Up Through. I assume the platform number hasn't been changed to suit the sim layout either deliberately or accidentally.
Ah. I did wonder if the timetable was for the recently updated track/platform layout but only because quite a few Up trains are scheduled via P1, which on the current sim isn't a through platform.

I shall study the layout which Meld has provided.

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Why P3 and not UT at Peterborough? 16/05/2021 at 21:30 #139546
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1413 posts 		bugsy in post 139541 said:

In the timetable that I'm playing (please don't ask me which one)

F4 for timetable edit and the name is on the 'General' tab.
This is (or should be) synced with the filename on the PC.

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Why P3 and not UT at Peterborough? 16/05/2021 at 21:33 #139547
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Sim P1 has been abolished.
Sim P2 is now P1.
Sim P3 is now P2.
Sim doesn't have the new P3 on the Up Fast since it wasn't there in the sim era.
P4 and P5 are basically unchanged.
Sim doesn't have the new P6 and P7.
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Why P3 and not UT at Peterborough? 17/05/2021 at 17:46 #139560
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1120 posts 		clive in post 139547 said:
Very simply:

Sim P1 has been abolished.
Sim P2 is now P1.
Sim P3 is now P2.
Sim doesn't have the new P3 on the Up Fast since it wasn't there in the sim era.
P4 and P5 are basically unchanged.
Sim doesn't have the new P6 and P7.
The track layout has also changed as well in that it's very different nowadays to what the sim portrayed as it was back then.
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Why P3 and not UT at Peterborough? 17/05/2021 at 18:32 #139562
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Online 		ajax103 in post 139560 said:
clive in post 139547 said:
Very simply:

Sim P1 has been abolished.
Sim P2 is now P1.
Sim P3 is now P2.
Sim doesn't have the new P3 on the Up Fast since it wasn't there in the sim era.
P4 and P5 are basically unchanged.
Sim doesn't have the new P6 and P7.
The track layout has also changed as well in that it's very different nowadays to what the sim portrayed as it was back then.
Yes. The new track layout makes conflicting moves much less likely.

Look forward to when a new sim is produced with the new layout.
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Why P3 and not UT at Peterborough? 17/05/2021 at 18:53 #139563
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1413 posts 		bugsy in post 139545 said:


Ah. I did wonder if the timetable was for the recently updated track/platform layout but only because quite a few Up trains are scheduled via P1, which on the current sim isn't a through platform.
The timetable has very specific notes in the description text to tell you what it is, what it isn't, and the Peterborough layout implications.

It is a (partially) fictional puzzle for the signaller to resolve, not an accurate 'how it was on DATE # ' that would run perfectly.

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Why P3 and not UT at Peterborough? 17/05/2021 at 19:23 #139565
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