Jeann wrote:Hi players,
I'm preparing the version 2.1 what do you want for this one? Did you see any bugs in the version 3.0?
I have tested your activity. Here are my observations, I hope this helps you to make some optimalisations for your next version (Do not let these points discourage you in any way!! I know it is not easy to make a perfect timetable for all lines at the same time
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It is worth mentioning that I tested the activity by keeping to the maximum speeds; I did not go to the high speeds the HSM train is capable of.
1) In the CTD file, you have defined a route C-TN for your first HSM trip to Lelywaard. You set the 'actions' to pass for the stations you want to skip (this is good), but at the beginning of each line is still the word 'stop';
<stop platform="WTC1" time=" 50" destinationcode="1" station="wtc" actions="pass" stops="wtc1,wtc2"/>
I believe this should be the following, in order to prevent a stop with the 50-mark in the ATB system at stations you want to pass;
<pass platform="WTC1" time=" 50" destinationcode="1" station="wtc" actions="pass" stops="wtc1,wtc2"/>
2) In the normal route C-TL (Simvliet Airport to Lelywaard, stopping at every station), the time at Stadionweg (sdw) is 870 seconds from departure at Airport. In your C-TN it is 880 seconds (10 seconds longer by skipping all those stations in between?), and the endtime at Lelywaard is the same at 1395 seconds. Does this mean you are running a express service, with no traveltime gain for passengers at all?
3) Something similar in the next run, when you go to De Molens and back; the endtimes of the normal B-TM and your B-MN are the same at 1260 seconds, so no time gain there. But Simvliet Airport to Stadionweg is now done in 500 seconds (instead of 870 or 880 seconds). How come this time it's more then 6 minutes faster to get from Airport to Stadionweg compared to the last run to Lelywaard?
4) When running the activity, I noticed on the trip from Lelywaard to Simvliet Airport I got stuck behind a line A train from Stadionweg to Simvliet Airport, having to slow down at each station because the line A train had to stop. At the second trip to Airport (this time coming from De Molens), I arrived at the same moment as a line A train at Stadionweg, and the line A train (going to Centrum instead of Airport this time) was allowed to depart first, again making me wait behind it at every station. I would have expected to pass the slower train at De Bergen (where you can send the slower trains to the side tracks), but this did not happen.
5) When exploring the network during the simulation (I set the HSM to AI at this time), there doesn't seem to be a very steady service on all lines; for example, there are times where there are no trains at all on line C, causing an interval of about 40 minutes to be shown in the platform CTA at Tussenvelden track 1. Or sooner in the simulation, I saw this ("Niet instappen" was for the passing of the HSM, so I am referring to the interval between normal line C trains):
Or two trains 1-2 minutes behind each other on line A, then a larger interval, and then again a short interval. Like this (at Springstraat);