rfletcher72 wrote:*bump*
phat2003uk wrote:I've also noticed this with the Riviera line. Results in a 12 coach loco hauled train loading/unloading all of its passengers in 10 seconds if there isn't a timetable
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Something very peculiar with this route it would seem. If I do not tick the 'clock', I end up with a station stop of around 15 seconds, regardless of station, time of day or length of train. If I do tick the 'clock' and specify a timetabled stop, the despatcher invariably ignores the time I have set (and indeed the default 35 seconds) and adds time to the stop. For example, a timetabled stop at Torquay P2 with a duration of 65 seconds, I am held there for almost 3 minutes. A default 35 second stop at Torre P2 becomes a pause of well over double that time.
Now, if I select a stop and let the despatcher work out what time I am due, then tick the 'clock' and not touch or alter anything, I am finding that I am being held until the departure time stated. But as I am sure we all know, even without driving like a berk, you can still arrive at a stop well in advance of when the dispatcher thinks you will arrive. I then end up with excessively long stops at places such as Starcross, which of course would not happen unless the schedule was woefully slack.
Has anyone any suggestions on this one?
Kindest Regards,
EDIT: Might this be something to do with the ability we have now to set passenger density at platforms?
Thank's Richard, once I actually thought it was just me going mad! I did wonder why I was dispatched once a minute late, I thought I set the wrong time, making me a minute late at the next station. I forgot what time I actually left, so going back to the editor, I figured maybe I was being dispatched on the departure time (I'm in a Voyager, btw) therefore add about 30 seconds to the doors closing and then the guards door closing before I get the right away, and then actually leaving the station then that might have been the factor, so I set the departure time back by 30 seconds.
Next time I drive it, I'm leaving the same station again, I'm dispatched early to match and on time departure time, and now I'm 30 seconds early
This was done by checking the 'timer' box and setting my own times as per the timetable.
On another note about timetables, it is just about possible to run to the real life working timetable. As with all sim's, the distances are never going to be spot on 100% (MSTS was something else, especially on Metro routes where it was extremely easy to keep to the timetable, where in real life they just about run to time) and even if it was, the train performance is always going to differ somewhere. Dawlish Warren is quite tight though, you can keep to the timetable if you slow down to 25mph just before the turnout, where in real life they'd be doing that before the approach signal, which should be red for a signal check, not flashing yellows (which is default for most RSC signals at junctions).
How these local services keep to time I don't know, but I know they struggle sometimes around here, though only running around 2 minutes late, but that's often down to the fact the drivers leave on about notch 2-3 and rarely hammer out the stations like they used to, probably down to fuel efficiency and driving policies.
The Voyager is quite hard to keep to the timetable, or on the service I used anyway, though probably not helped by the *&£ty brakes...
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