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| Penalized for routing through platform? 18/01/2012 at 01:04 #27604 | |
maxand
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 In situations such as this, where a choice can be made to route through a platform, in the case of trains whose TTs do NOT schedule them to stop there, am I penalized if I route them through the platform rather than keep them on the main line? I can see that platform loops can be used as passing loops, but is it permissible to route a train that does not stop there through the platform anyway? I appreciate that shunting through the platform may cause it to slow down a little, but this isn't enough to justify any penalty. (added) PS - Nice pics of Totnes Station here. Last edited: 18/01/2012 at 01:21 by maxand Reason: added Wikipedia link Log in to reply |
| Re: Penalized for routing through platform? 18/01/2012 at 01:07 #27606 | |
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Zoe
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" said:In situations such as this, where a choice can be made to route through a platform, in the case of trains whose TTs do NOT schedule them to stop there, am I penalized if I route them through the platform rather than keep them on the main line? I can see that platform loops can be used as passing loops, but is it permissible to route a train that does not stop there through the platform anyway? I appreciate that shunting through the platform may cause it to slow down a little, but this isn't enough to justify any penalty. The train would have to slow down quite a bit at Totnes from 60 mph to 25 mph to enter the loop. Last edited: 18/01/2012 at 01:17 by Zoe Log in to reply |
| Re: Penalized for routing through platform? 18/01/2012 at 01:14 #27609 | |
BarryM
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You could be penalised for lost time. Barry Barry, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Log in to reply |
| Re: Penalized for routing through platform? 18/01/2012 at 01:23 #27612 | |
jc92
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also if the stock doesnt have SDO (selective door operation) ie, slam doors, in real life you might have an issue if it made an unscheduled stop at a station while checked at a signal
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| Re: Penalized for routing through platform? 18/01/2012 at 04:44 #27617 | |
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maxand
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Thanks to all who replied, but no one's really answered the question so far, so I take this to mean that apart from losing time, I do not directly incur a penalty for unnecessarily routing a train through a platform loop. Maybe one of the developers can shed light on this.
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| Re: Penalized for routing through platform? 18/01/2012 at 06:48 #27624 | |
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UKTrainMan
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As far as I'm aware, you wouldn't be penalised for this. But as Zoe mentioned and BarryM covered, with the lower speeds you may cause a slight delay to the train which may penalise you a bit. Although, that said, the delay shouldn't be too bad (I'd say likely no more than 2 minutes).
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| Re: Penalized for routing through platform? 18/01/2012 at 07:00 #27628 | |
Peter Bennet
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No the penalty only ever applies to platforms and stops in the timetable, even then it depends on how it's coded in the data. Peter I identify as half man half biscuit - crumbs! Log in to reply The following user said thank you: maxand |