Through line stop departure time.

There have recently been some core code changes which allow the TT writer to have more control over how long a train is actually stopped. However, the TT can only show a single character between the HH and MM at the timing point. It may be that there is more than one option selected relevant to that location and train but only the through-line stop shows as the single character. You can check this for yourself by going to the train's TT, and clicking on the Hatfield & Stainforth location. The through-line stop and set down only boxes should be checked but there is now also a box just above the through line stop headed "Set down" which contains various additional options.

I can't find any reference to the capability in the Wiki so I expect that people are just waiting to see if the options need any tweaking before it is written up.

The various set down options introduced recently are documented on this page https://www.SimSig.co.uk/Wiki/Show?page=usertrack%3Attuse%3Aset_down

Where more than one character is needed between HH and MM only one is shown, generally it's the one more helpful to the Signaller then further information is shown in the misc column.

In this case knowing you have the option to use a none platform line than it being set down only.

The various set down options introduced recently are documented on this page https://www.SimSig.co.uk/Wiki/Show?page=usertrack%3Attuse%3Aset_down

Where more than one character is needed between HH and MM only one is shown, generally it's the one more helpful to the Signaller then further information is shown in the misc column.

In this case knowing you have the option to use a none platform line than it being set down only.

So, if the timing codes say that a train must be held until a certain time, must it be held if the SetDown time is brief, or is it acceptable to allow it to proceed?
Just need this to be clarified.

So, if the timing codes say that a train must be held until a certain time, must it be held if the SetDown time is brief, or is it acceptable to allow it to proceed?
Just need this to be clarified.

bugsy in post 142930 said:

So, if the timing codes say that a train must be held until a certain time, must it be held if the SetDown time is brief, or is it acceptable to allow it to proceed?
Just need this to be clarified.

If it's phoning up asking to go, it can go.

bugsy in post 142930 said:

So, if the timing codes say that a train must be held until a certain time, must it be held if the SetDown time is brief, or is it acceptable to allow it to proceed?
Just need this to be clarified.

It depends on the individual circumstances. For instance some mail/parcels services were always likely to be held till due departure time as the work plan in the sorting office or parcels concentration centre due to put work onto the train would have the indoor work plan aligned to a despatch time just in time to get the work onto the train. Similarly there might be a need to wait for work to be transferred from another train. The implication of that is that there should be a minimum dwell time to allow the work to be loaded. The final Royal Mail agreement with the railway post 1996 was that there was an agreed minimum dwell time which was contractually fixed at each stop and had to be allowed by the railway even if the train arrived late. In all other circumstances the train could depart early if both Royal Mail and the railway agreed (so for example if the sorting office had a good night and cleared early, the work could be on the train early and it could go).

It is nothing that the SimSig core code can clarify (and any Wiki clarification would have to resolve to "it depends").