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| Excellent Sim. 14/03/2016 at 19:43 #81186 | |
Giantray
347 posts |
This is an excellent sim. I have run the sim over 24 hours in non-ARS mode at 1.5/1 speed the entire time with medium train delays, no failures. I always thought that Leeds was an intense service, yet I found this Sim one of the easiest large area SimSig sims to work. Must be very boring with ARS. It is such a flexible layout and fun to re-platform trains and use alternate signalling routes because of late running. Came across the several bugs that have already been mentioned both with the sim and the timetable, but worked through them no trouble. Final performance analysis was 92%. Well done to all those that developed this, an excellent play. Professionalism mean nothing around a bunch of Amateur wannabees! Log in to reply |
| Excellent Sim. 16/03/2016 at 20:33 #81229 | |
Essexgirl
42 posts |
You should try it in real life, it is a grade 9 for a reason. It is also one of the places that services get 'held' due to incidents in other areas making platforming very awkward.
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| Excellent Sim. 21/03/2016 at 10:41 #81287 | |
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Giantray
347 posts |
I would love to work Leeds in real life, one of my colleagues has and has told me about it. But as a Grade 9 you do not work it all the area at once, it is separate workstations and has ARS ( wonder if that works well?). I am a Grade 9 myself so know exactly what you are talking about. Simsig is fun as a game, but signalling is a lot different in real life. I have had a lot of experience working London Termini so platform working is second nature to me and whilst Simsig is fun, there are no where near the different types of incidents that can happen. The service pattern for Leeds is straight forward, very little difference during the peak hours unlike in London where there is a marked change in service pattern during the peaks. Playing Leeds was great for alternative routing, but I do wonder, with the way the workstation boundaries are, whether that flexibility is maintained in the station area of Leeds? There would have to be lot of conversation between the workstations else they could tie each other up, especially if ARS is on. The holding of trains when incidents occur is a nightmare. I travel on the Great Northern route into Kings Cross and seen how it works when there is an incident, hardly anything moves. Something could be happening 30 miles away, but trains will be held in Kings Cross! In the south, because stations are very close together, we tend to hold trains in a platform and stack them at each platform ready for when the line opens. Professionalism mean nothing around a bunch of Amateur wannabees! Log in to reply |
| Excellent Sim. 25/03/2016 at 02:06 #81337 | |
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Essexgirl
42 posts |
" said:I would love to work Leeds in real life, one of my colleagues has and has told me about it. But as a Grade 9 you do not work it all the area at once, it is separate workstations and has ARS ( wonder if that works well?). I am a Grade 9 myself so know exactly what you are talking about. Simsig is fun as a game, but signalling is a lot different in real life. I have had a lot of experience working London Termini so platform working is second nature to me and whilst Simsig is fun, there are no where near the different types of incidents that can happen. The service pattern for Leeds is straight forward, very little difference during the peak hours unlike in London where there is a marked change in service pattern during the peaks.Leeds East and Leeds West signallers do work very closely with each other, most of the platform alterations at Leeds are organised by the station co-ordinator as they have visualisation of crews as well. I used to work West Hampstead PSB so know all about holding trains in platforms during an incident, we once managed to get FCC trains holding back as far as Luton due to an incident at City Thameslink, with no more departures from Bedford (service effectively suspended), just EMT running on the fast lines with FCC all on the slows Log in to reply |